We left L'Auberge with our finances nearly fully intact and headed East about 8:00am. It was not all "progress" as we had to go about 8 miles South to get back into the Gulf Intra Coastal Waterway. We are at a beautiful spot on an oxbow lake on the Mermentau River about 3 miles North of the Intracoastal.
Obviously, the dingy is off the swim platform since we are sitting in it taking this picture...
The only sign of "civilization" that we can see is the remants of a small dock, probably related to a cabin long lost in a hurricane. We took a ride up river about 4 miles and saw an osprey anlong with 4 large flocks of Ibis. Our trip was special since we had bought the dingy for just this sort of side trip as well as going ashore to shop in small towns along the Loop.
Obviously, the Captain is enjoying the dingy trip... It is a thrill to be running along at 24 mph after a day of a slow but steady 8 mph. Speed aside, Lucky Us has all of the comforts of "home", including air conditioning, which felt very good after the dingy trip in bright sun with 88F.
We also had plenty of opportunities to see many cypress knees along the shoreline.
This was the first day where we really saw very few boats, tugs and civilization in general. However, we did navigate through a lock and two pontoon bridges. A good day indeed!
The only sign of "civilization" that we can see is the remants of a small dock, probably related to a cabin long lost in a hurricane. We took a ride up river about 4 miles and saw an osprey anlong with 4 large flocks of Ibis. Our trip was special since we had bought the dingy for just this sort of side trip as well as going ashore to shop in small towns along the Loop.
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