2016 Going East Adventure #3 - Delcambre to Houma - April 6 - 7, 2016

Good Bye Delcambre, Hello Berwick and on to Houma
April 6, 2016 - Berwick - 99 Marina

I went to take the rent car back and as soon as I got back to the boat we took the lines off and headed to the fuel docks.  Filled the tanks and we were underway by 8:00.

Mansion on top of Avery Island salt dome.

Louisa Bridge

Cote Blanche Ferry

On a road trip earlier, we determined that Morgan City nor Berwick city wall were good options because of the flooding of the Atchafalaya River.

Berwick City Dock - Flooded

Atchafalaya River Rushing through bridges at Berwick City Dock

But, we also checked out the boat ramp at "99" and since it was so flooded we felt we could make it.  Using a rock and boat line Josh measured about 8 foot so that is where we decided we would go.

So we headed to the "99" to tie up for the night.  We had good weather and except for some logs we had a good trip.  The wind picked up some by the time we got there so it was a bit dicey pulling into our slip.  Sweet Tides went in first and because of the current, had to back out and start over.  The were right next to a rock jetty and were being very careful!  We had 8' under our boat. Because of the flooding we were able to make it with no problem.  And we had lines criss-crossed all over between the boat and poles to hold us in place.  Fortunately, the winds died early evening and we were just fine.

After we got settled in, we pulled out the snacks and chairs and had a very nice docktail party.

April 7, 2016 - Houma 
We woke up today and the weather this morning is perfect!  No wind and cool.

Leaving Berwich 99 Marina we head out across the Atchafalaya River.

We cross in front of the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge and the Highway 90 Bridge just behind it.  

This is where we would have stayed had the water level been lower. Houma here we come.

Shortly after moving pass the Highway 90 Bridge we easily made it through the Bayou Beouff Lock

Sights along the way

A barge pushed a log across the water towards our boat!  Yikes

Car Carrier being worked on

This stretch of the trip is so pretty.  There are lots of wild life an the shoreline is just beautiful.

  This is a wonderful place to see eagles.

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Eagle just picked up a fish

I wish I would have been quick enough to get this, but an eagle dove into the water just in front of us and grabbed a fish with is talons... then flew off into the trees.  It was awesome.

Eagle flying with fish in his talons

 Sights along the ICWW through Mandalay National Wildlife Preserve.

We were the trail blazers through the Hyacinth 

Apparently the antenna lays over... That, or they hit something.

The Hyacinth were really thick and we were the snow plow.   

This is what the locals cal the "Rich Guy's House"

Bayou DeLarge Bridge

We made it easily to Houma by1:30 giving us plenty of time to rest and relax before docktails and dinner.  Jeff and Crystal, who have been here for 3 days, are from Dallas, and heading to Granada, caught our lines when we came in.

EXCEPT that we spent it jacking with the electricity.  After a lot of trial and error we were not able to get full electrical power.  Long story short we can only use one bank of switches.  So we can either have AC in the master cabin with no electrical outlets, except for the use of the converter to handle the fan and outlets.  Or, we could have air in the salon only.  We opted for plan A.

We opened all the windows for Lexi and had docktails.

Then headed over to dinner at Samari Dragon for dinner.

 When we got back it had cooled down and we will be able to sleep comfortably.

Weather is not going to be great after Saturday so we want to move on the New Orleans... but Pontchartrain Landing only has 2 slips.  Josh is working with Nate so hopefully something will come open.  I sure hope we can get the electricity fixed if we are caught staying here for several days.