The plan was to head out early, 7:00 AM, to get across Matagorda Bay before the wind picked up. Well, it was a good plan but we got tied up at the lock for about an hour waiting for three tows to come through. As you can see, the last tow t…
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Heading to Port Aransas – Monday, March 30th, 2015 – Matagorda
The wind was predicted to be more than we would like for a comfortable ride across Matagorda Bay so we decided to hang out for another day. I forgot to mention in my earlier post that the mosquitos here are really big and hang out in the grassy a…
Heading to Port Aransas – Sunday, March 29th, 2015 – Freeport to Matagorda
The Freeport Marina office opened at 8 AM so we settled our bill, picked up some ice and started getting ready for our trip to Matagorda.Last Trade lock pictures provided by Ross and EJ Heard.M/V Beachcomber coming up beside Last Trade for picture taki…
On The Move Again – Heading to Port Aransas – Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Last Trade has not been out on the water since our Florida trip and we just had to get her out and do something! The weather is starting to get nice and a trip downcoast to Port Aransas before the heat of summer sounded good! M/V Beach…
12/16/2014 – Tuesday – Taylor Outfall Anchorage to Home
At 6:30 AM we started pulling up anchor. I get anchor duty and the bottom of Taylor Outfall is muddy! Our trip line tangled in the anchor and even with hosing off the anchor chain as it came up, along with wrestling with the trip lie, I had mud a…
12/15/2014 – Monday – Lake Charles to Taylor Outfall Anchorage
We got up and looked out to see what the weather was doing. The winds were light so we said “let’s go” so we were on our way about 7:00 AM. The winds did pick up and at one point and we had one rain downpour. After lunch and just east…
12/13/2014 – 12/14/2014 – Lake Charles
12/13/2014 – SaturdayOur current plan is to stay in Lake Charles until Tuesday. Winds are going to start picking up soon and Monday is calling for heavy rain. We need a good weather window with low winds and no rain to do an anchorage at Ta…
12/12/2014 – Friday – Mermentau River to Lake Charles
It got a little chilly last night so as soon as we got up we dressed, took Teak out to the bow and the got ready to pull up anchor. No coffee is not good! We did make a joke about it asking each other every so often could you please get me …
12/11/2014 – Thursday – Intracoastal City to the Mermentau River
Intracoastal City, at Shell Morgan is one busy place! We did not get much sleep last night with all the night traffic coming in and going by. You would think it would settle down, it’s “night-night” time! But NO – the water traffic is unbel…
12/10/2014 – Wednesday – Morgan City to Intracoastal City
We headed out around 6:30 A.M. so we could get to Shell Morgan in time to get fuel and go to the little local store for bread, milk and (maybe) carrots for Teak. Shortly after leaving Morgan City we got stuck behind a tow that just would not let …
