Final Destination

3/18/07 – Today we’ve arrived at our final destination – the Serendipity Bay Resort in Palacios, Texas. After coordinating with the lock master, we passed one last swing bridge and traversed the twin Colorado River Locks – (without incident since all restrictions had been removed that morning). As a final trial we encountered another dredger cutting across the canal and a few more barges. Alone we motored into the Matagorda Bay as the winds began to kick up and seas swelled to 2-4 feet. (Ugh!) A few miles out we found our cut into Tres Palacios and found our way to the docks – BUT not without one final difficult landing. As I jumped off onto the dock the winds began to seriously push Refugio down the lane of other vessels (and not in a good way) I had no choice but to release the line as Tom gunned her from rubbing the sail boats docked next to us. Of course the line got tangled in the prop and halted any movement from the port engine. Just about this time two men came to our rescue and helped tie us off. We sat rather cockeyed in the slip for most of the day hoping for the wind to subside. It never did, so with strong perseverance Tom and I managed to pull her over the starboard side dock and secure the lines again. We’ve traveled over 1,300 miles to get her here; it’s been an incredible journey from start to finish.

As a PS - Monday 3/19 - I donned my dive gear and dove under the boat today to untangle the line, it was good to be UNDER the water instead of on top.