Gators and Grass

It was very calm and sunny when we backed out this morning; the sun is very bright on the water. For the most part it was a very quiet day, we continue to pass numerous barges some bigger than others. By the way, I only take pictures of only those that are nice and respond to our radio, some that don’t even respond I don’t bother with; sometimes I don’t even wave at them. I figure they are just grumpy and could care less about this little ‘Nat’ on the river. I did notice today the smell of the marshes got better as well. Took me back to my childhood when it was safe to jump into the river, you know that good fresh river smell. I was wondering where all the cows had gone to but I found them again. We decided to anchor in the Taylor Outfall Bayou just off the ICW just before Port Arthur. It’s a lovely and secluded spot, no trees just lots of tall grasses abound, with a slight breeze from the south. After a couple of failed attempts (with 2 anchors for just about an hour) we gave up. Upon further inspection when we brought up our CQR it was no wonder we could not get either anchor to hold the bottom is nothing but grass itself. We noticed when we approached the outlet a couple of abandoned barges, and you know we could not resist so we gingerly approached and I hooked a line. So here we are tied off to abandoned barges in the Taylor Bayou. It did not take Tom long to hop over and investigate. We also noticed we have a gator extremely curious in everything we’re doing and probably hoping someone would fall into the water. He seems to have no fear, unlike us. We did have a couple of Sheriff from Jefferson County pull up behind and ask if we were Okay. I forgot to take their picture!

There are lots of large flying things in the area so it’s great to sit here and update my blog behind the mosquito netting. I did brave the aft deck to quickly BBQ a couple of ham steaks. We’ll run the generator tonight so we can have A/C.