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March, 2017 – Port Aransas Trip With Friends

As with any trip you have nice weather and you have some not-so-nice weather.  This trip started with some fog!  On March 9th, we headed out of our home port to our first stop, Harborwalk Marina in Hitchcock.  This was a short day. Included on this trip were 4 Heritage East 36 boats (Last Trade, Cambria, Water Therapy and At Last), one Selene (Island Gypsy) and one sailboat (Morning Star). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our second day, March 10th was to Freeport City Marina.  Our sailboat traveler had a mishap and decided to head back to home port so that left just the five trawlers.
 
 
 
 
We stayed an extra day in Freeport because of rain and wind.  On March 12th we headed out to Matagorda and then stayed an extra day there due to dredge/lock issues.
 
 
 
On March 14th we headed out to Costa Grande in Port O’Conner.
 
 
 
March 15th. Port Aransas here we come!  The City Marina was rebuilding some of their docks and did not have room for all of us so we had to go to our alternate, Island Moorings Marina. 
 
 
Bike ride to Farley Boat Yard in Pt. A.
 
Happy hour!  The new owners of M/V Hearken, another Heritage East, came by to see us. Their boat is in Florida and they will be doing the loop before bringing her back to Texas.
 
 
 
Our original plan was to move over to Redfish Marina in Aransas Pass for a few days but the wind just would not cooperate with us.  It would have made for some not so comfortable sleeping so we decided to just stay where we were.  Some in our group had plans to leave their boat to do side trips before we all started heading back, so with only three boats, the Pt. A City Marina was able to squeeze us in.  On March 22nd Last Trade, At Last and Cambria moved over to City Marina to stay until it was time to start home. 
 
 
 
I noticed that Teak was constantly wanting to go potty and was having problems.  This has never happened before and I was getting concerned. More on that later…   
 
 
On March 25th we started our trip back home.  
 
  
Our plan for the trip back was to stop at the same places except for Freeport Marina.  We decided to stay at Surfside Marina instead.
 
 
By March 27, Teak was really not feeling well so I called both of her vets for information on what to do.  Both said that I needed to get her in to be checked.  One vet (who we have used from the time we moved to Clear Lake back in 1995) I will never use again.  All I can say is that you expect your vet to work with you during situations like this, not to be rude to you and charge you extra for a short notice visit.  The vet I will continue to use, Dr. Adams, went out of her way to accommodate us.  She told me if I could find a vet close by to have them call her for any information they needed or if I could get her in to her office they would stay open and wait for us.  Our good friends Ross and EJ Heard drove to Surfside Marina in Freeport to pick us up so we could take Teak in to see Dr. Adams.  A big thank you to Dr. Adams and her staff for taking care of our baby and to Ross and EJ for coming to get us and then taking us back to our boat the next day.
 
 
 
Island Gypsy and At Last headed back home a day before us.
 
Another great trip!
 
 

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