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Here we are, Monday March 13th, and the days keep getting more and more interesting. Last night about 8pm it started to rain. The wind switched from the south to the north and the temperature dropped from 68 degrees to 49 by morning. It was cold when I took off at 7:30 and the wind was in my face. On top of that, the current was against me. Adding insult to injury, the north wind blew a great deal of water out of the ICW. This kept a lot of barges off the ICW and the waterway was very quiet.
The first interesting thing I ran across was a cable ferry. It loaded cars from a road, cabled them across the ICW to the other road. I can not believe this is less expensive than building a bridge, but perhaps it is, and it creates jobs as well.
As with the last day, this brought me through some pretty isolated places. The most interesting one was called Weeks Island. I would encourage you to look it up. Its a narrow pathway with lots of interesting pipes and gadgets. I was following a barge that had to go pretty slowly because of the shallow water and the major turns around Weeks. I asked him if I could pass, and he said, “Son, if you tried to pass me right now, I would suck that little sailboat right under my barge, I will let you know when it is safe to pass, and it will be a while”. He was very nice, and got me around him first chance he could without “sucking me under his barge” Thank God!
As with these remote locations, there are some interesting homes. I posted a pic of one of them floating in the marsh. Most of the others that were not movable did not have roofs to speak of because storms have taken them away.
As I approached Morgan City, I was asked to contact ICW Control. Kind of like air traffic control. They guided me through the twists and turns and told me how to get safely to the dock. Very interesting and helpful. I never knew there was such a thing.
Morgan City is a cute little town with a nice City Dock. The area is clean, and a lot of people bring their dogs here in the evening. After dark, they project an American flag on the wall along the dock. After 9pm, cars start pulling up and start rocking. As the saying goes…..”don’t come knocking”. Apparently a popular parking spot.
I am better prepared for cold weather now. Its going to get down to 48 tonight. I know you Nebraska folks are saying that 48 is warm and balmy for this time of year, but is cold on the water. I put up my dodger, and I have a little Coleman heater that is safe to use inside. I plan a better day tomorrow.
