Another great TMCA Spring Fling! Thanks to all that helped make this event happen.Friday afternoon boats started coming in and our docker dude work began. We docked boats throughout the afternoon and into the evening. Some of the sail…
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5-21-2015 – Thursday – Port Arthur
After my morning coffee, I decided to start washing off the docks where the other Spring Fling Docking Committee boats were to be docked. They were expected to come in sometime after lunch. As I was almost finished, Steve Lee came down and …
5/20/2015 – Last Trade Heading to Spring Fling
We headed out at 7:00 AM with the plan to anchor at Taylor Outfall. We were making good time and by the time we got to Taylor Outfall it was only 4:00 PM with plenty of daylight and good weather so we decided to go all the way to Port Arthur.&nbs…
Heading Home form Port Aransas – Monday, April 13th, 2015 – Freeport to Portofino
The plan was to leave Freeport Marina (used to be Freeport City Marina) around 9:00 AM and go to Harborwalk for the night then return home on Tuesday by noon. Storms were predicted to go through in the early morning and we were not real sure what…
Heading Home form Port Aransas – Saturday, April 11th, 2015 – Matagorda and Sunday, April 12th 2015 – Freeport
At 6:00 AM our alarm went off. Shortly thereafter, EJ sent me a text about bad weather coming in. Josh and I got up and started looking at the weather for the day on several different weather sites. It did not look good! It looked lik…
Heading Home form Port Aransas – Friday, April 10th, 2015 – Port Aransas to Costa Grande Port O’Conner
After days of looking at the weather, we decided to make a run for it and start home. Josh and I woke up at 6:00 AM and Josh popped his head outside to see if it was foggy. Nope! So at 7:00 AM we pulled out of our slip in Port Aransas…
Port Aransas – Monday, April 6th, 2015 through Thursday, April 9th, 2015
A little after 10 AM we rode our bikes to Whataburger for a BOB (breakfast on a bun). After that we went to the Island Home Center, the furniture store that was closed the day before, and looked around. This place has a lot of neat things.&…
Port Aransas – Saturday, April 4th, 2015 and Sunday, April 5th, 2015
Josh and I woke up at 4:00 AM when the wind changed. It really started blowing like stink! Josh added more lines and made sure we were secure before returning to bed. When I finally got up around 8:00 I looked at the wind speed on Win…
Port Aransas – Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 and Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Thursday morning Josh woke up with a sore throat and not feeling very good. I made him some eggs and bacon but that did not help much. He said if we go out that he wanted to stop at the store for some cough drops. I had ice cream on my…
Heading to Port Aransas – Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 – Costa Grande Port O’Conner to Port Aransas
After looking at the weather (wind) situation, it seemed like today was our best bet. The wind prediction was to get higher every day so we headed out at first light, 7:00 AM, with everything tied down, expecting high winds and our boat to rock n…
