Anchor Down 30 degrees00’07”N, 93degrees 46’06”W
The day started with a cold, very cold for a native south Texan, wet and foggy. At 0630, I gently awoke the Admiral and said that we should get underway soon. We had the Houston Ship Channel to cross and that meant we needed extra time to deal with all the ships. The day started with my almost removing the port solar panel on the piling. Next came the traffic which caused us to take more than expected to get to the GIWW eastbound. I tried to put the slight damage in perspective so that the day was not ruined. Got that done at about noon. Barge traffic was heavy and we are now about to learn the lingo of the commercial captains. Again, the AIS helps us seem a bit more professional than we are. We spent the day getting to Port Arthur where the Sabine and Neches river allow large ships to make port in Arthur. About the time we got to Port Arthur we saw the first sun in 6 days. That lifts the spirit and we actually saw the only two other pleasure boats of the trim so far.
Port Arthur Bridge
Lunch was the excellent soup that Bear prepared in our new pressure cooker last night. Well, so was breakfast along with some strong, and I do mean strong coffee made by the nut on the end of the wrench, me. Bear managed to read a whole novel today. At that rate, we will need a huge account at Amazon or Half Price Books. When she finished a book, she used to toss them overboard. Now, we leave them at harbors. Today was the first day we are actually feeling that we are on a cruise. Before now, we had what we called weird emotions. Now we are into the moment. 
Tow Leading Us Up Sabine River
1 comment:
I'm glad you finally got some sun. It's nice and warm ... high 70's here in Key West. Interested in how things have changed in LA since we were there. If you can, stop in Houma and see if the ventriloquist dock master is still there. He was a hoot, but he was in his 70's when we were there in 2004.
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