Today is Tuesday, May 29, and it is our fifth travel day on the trip back from Port Isabel to home. Today's trip from Port O'Connor to Freeport took just over 8 hours with once again excellent weather. This is one of the more scenic parts of the trip in terms of man made structures.
The Caney Creek Swing Bridge is one of two remaining between Galveston and Brownsville. We went through the other swing bridge in Port Isabel.
The two other man made "wonders" are the Colorado River Locks and the Brazos River Floor Gates. Due to the lack of flooding, both sets of locks were open, and we were able to get right through with no wait (knock on wood).
We arrived in Freeport actually Surfside, which is across the ICW from Freeport on the Gulf of Mexico, showered and headed out to the Red Snapper Inn in Surfside for dinner. The picture above shows the Admiral on her electric scooter headed down the dock on the way to dinner. Personally, I get a big kick out of seeing the Admiral nicely dressed for a dinner out at a real restaurant and riding off on her "chopper"...
Later tonight we heard this loud engine noise and looked outside to see this:
It is a huge barge mounted drilling rig that was pulled by two tugs and pushed by a third. Hence, the loud noise as all three tugs were working very hard. You just never know what you are going to see... We were very grateful that this huge tow passed us while we were safely docked for the night rather than while we were out cruising the ICW as it would have been a tight fit for passing.
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