Day 2 Galveston to Port Arthur

     We left the Galveston Yacht Basin a little after 8:30 am.. The Captain tried to sleep in, but the Admiral prevailed... The weather forecast was for (just) 40-60% chance of showers.  Not great weather, but we have travelled this route 4 times before so we decided to go and not plan on seeing much.  As it turned out, the only rain consisted of just enough to get the windows wet (twice).  With a high temperature in the mid 70s, we had a very enjoyable trip.
     Our journey lasted a little over 7 hours and covered 55.7 miles. The photo highlight of the day was when we passed a drill barge in the waterway. When I e-mailed this photo to son Bob, his reply was:
"Brings back memories of the first drilling rigs I went to. Directions to the rig were always the same: when the road goes into the water, the boat dock is on the right side of the road." Needless to say, he was working in New Orleans at the time.


     Today's other photo is of the Admiral manning the helm. ...and by the way, she is giving a shameless plug for the Texas A&M branch campus in Doha, Qatar.



Tomorrow's desitnation is the L'Auberge Casino and Resort in Lake Charles.  The Captain will be doing his best to control the Admiral - you know how successful that will be? Ha!  Hopefully, we will not have to end the trip there due to lack of funds... Stay tuned!