Where are we today??

So, this past Saturday Jan 19, we leave Biloxi harbor at sunrise and point the bow of the boat in the direction away from the sun.  We are heading back to New Orleans to take care of Sue, and have selected Seabrook Marina since they offer month-to-month rates, and only 14-day notice to leave.  Our boat was at Seabrook twice for haul out & maintenance work, so it know the way there.

We have a good trip westbound with 1-2' seas dead on our stern, bright sunshine above, and making as much as 11.5 mph (who says we have a "crawler"?).  Takes right at 5 hours to get to the Rigolets, and then another 3 hours in the ICW canal to the Industrial Canal.  Lots of towboats in the canal section, that we have to work around.  Good thing we have experience passing the tows from a couple years ago when we cruised the inland rivers.  Had an interesting landing at the dock when Sue's deck ape failed to read the wind correctly.  But, as the airplane pilots say, "Any landing you can walk away from, is a good landing".

Mississippi River paddlewheel boat "Natchez"

Our son & our fantastic granddaughter meet us with a car, so we can then turn around and drive back to Biloxi to pick up the car that we left there, and then drive 2 hours back to New Orleans.  Made for a rather looooooong day.

The next morning we see who is docked right across the Industrial Canal from us.  The Natchez comes here each January for maintenance.

And then, on Sunday, we pack the car to drive the 8.5 hours to Cleveland TN so we can spend our week this month caring for Sue's mother.

Sometimes you just need a scorecard to find out where we are today!