June 10 - "99" Marina to Shell Morgan - Our plan was to go to Delcambre and hold up for a day or so waiting on weather but with the ever changing weather predictions we decided to push on to Shell Morgan and make it a long day the next day to Lake Charles. They were calling for thunderstorms throughout the day and we could see them develop all around us but got lucky with just a sprinkle or two.
We headed out of the "99" Marina about 6:15 am because around 5:00 am boaters starting using the launch and we started bouncing around. It's good to start early to beat the afternoon heat!
Just as we left the marina we saw a nice rainbow.
Dodged thunderstorms all day long.
Arrived at Shell Morgan, fueled up and docked by 1:30 pm.
As we were fueling up, we found out that our friends Phyllis and Dennis on the boat behind us were also heading in.
June 11 - Shell Morgan to Lake Charles - Today was a long day! We headed out around 6:30 am, bypassed one of our favorite anchorages because of the heat and did a 12 hour day going at least 8 knots all the way to Lake Charles. We made it, locks and all and had a breeze most of the way!
Our first lock (Leland-Bowman) and we went right through.
It's amazing what you see on the water. Yup, it's a refrigerator!
Good day for seeing gators! This one turned and started going after the boat behind us.
This boat goes faster than us so we decided to wait until after the bridge to pass this tow.
Another gator!
Cattle round up.
Not sure why this was placed at the waters edge.
After 11:00 am we did not see any more gators. I guess they don't like the heat either!
Last lock of the day (Calcasieu Lock) and we caught up with Dennis and Phyllis.
We arrived at the Lake Charles City Marina around 6:30 pm, hooked up power, walked the dog, took showers and headed to Blue Dog for dinner. We were tired! Tomorrow we will stay in Lake Charles and rest.
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