Thursday, finally the weather is warming up and we woke early, last chore to fill my water bottles.-...
No water at the pedestal, the cold weather caused a break in the lines and water is temporarily shut off. Not to worry we did get the water tanks filled and we would be at a marina in New Orleans by Friday.
We left and with the current had a wonderful ride through the channel, ditch, what ever. Tom even passed (raced) a tug and barge, well about 5 miles later he noticed the engine over heating and we quickly pulled to the side, dropped anchor, and cleaned out our screens, filled with very icky muck goo.
Off we go and our stop over for the night was a wall by the Boom Town casino. I don't know if you could call this an official tie off place. There are broken metal pipes and steel re-bar sticking out that you can tie on to. I have to admit this is one of the shakiest places we have tied to. But for now it will work
So we are here and we find out
According to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, the Industrial Canal Lock, which connects the canal and other sea-level waterways to the Mississippi River, has been closed for emergency repairs since the night of January 3.
On that night, the main operating "bull gear" of the lock, built in 1923, sheered into two pieces, said Ricky Boyett, a spokesman for the Corps' New Orleans district. The lock will remain closed around the clock until January 17 or until repairs are completed , Boyett said.
This lock is the only way to get to the east end of the GICW.
The alternative is go down the Mississippi back out in the Gulf and over to Gulf Port Mississippi.... 100 miles out of our way... and we need fuel.
Now tomorrow we will see if a few places mentioned really are open, have fuel and if we can get into them. Rent a car and truck gas cans of fuel to the boat to fill tank... Go back to Houma to wait out the lock getting fix, at least we had electricity there. Or wait here and hope it gets fix sooner than later.
But I saw an eagle catch a fish and got a photo.
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| Tug boat race |
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| we are gaining on it |
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| beautiful sunrise to a promising day |
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| first we wait for traffic |
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| construction of an oil rig platform |
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| my fishing Eagle |
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| This ship really is taller than that bridge |
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| one of the new levee's that have been built |
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| yep we are tied to re-bar and broken pipes |
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