Monday, June 22, 2009

Muggy Buggy Bayou

June 21st
Last night’s anchorage was far more superior than it was 2 years ago. Both anchors held nicely and there was relatively no wind. Unfortunately we had to leave the generator running all night since the low was scheduled to be 80 deg and the air was so thick with bugs and humidity we never would have gotten any sleep. Around 2:30am I opened my side porthole just to check the temp and I could not believe the rush of hot air and noise of the bayou – all things considering the generator was a welcome racket. The tugs anchored in the ox bow with us were already up and working when we pulled out. They were transferring their load(s) of rock.

We are definitely in the Deep South; the landscape is primitive and overgrown with much larger trees, bushes and grasses. A couple of times we thought it would be appropriate to see a brontosaurus lift his head up while chewing on some plant life. This also brings us to Deep South bugs – they have some huge fly/bee type thing that loves to bite and they are everywhere. When the sun goes down the prehistoric mosquitoes come out and they don’t go down easily without a fight either.

We went though the Leland-Bowman lock today, but like a few days ago we just had to drive as we were locked through. We approached the lock behind a 6 strung out, but the lock master took us first rather than lock through together. That was very nice. We had intended to stay at Shell Morgan Landing in Intercoastal City, but upon inspection when we arrived there was no place for us to dock. So this is our 4th night anchoring out.

We’ve pulled up in Bayou Petite Anse just north of the ICW. We’ve dropped bow and stern anchors and both seem to holding fine. Like always we’ll each get up during the night to confirm we are in the same place. We did have one old salt stop by, Rollie Rogers, driving the most unusual shrimp boat we’ve ever seen, and offer us a good pound or more of fresh caught “boil” shrimp.

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