Susan says I have been verbose so I'll try to make this short. After leaving the Marina in Kemah on Saturday we had a short day but started early on Sunday. We were up and motoring at 6:45. On the GIWW that's about all you can do, motor. We made better time than we expected and ended up stopping at Shell Island, a small island in the Sabine River just north of Sabine Lake. We covered about 60 miles that day. Just as Susan was trying her hand at some fishing, we were visited by a couple of Texas game wardens. As it turns out they just wanted to come see the boat. They didn't ask to see any safety equipment or fishing licenses, which was a good thing since neither of us have a license. We did invite them on board to have a look around and one of them took us up on it. A couple of real nice guys that went on their way after chatting with us for a while. The picture of Susan fishing is just 15 or 20 minutes before they showed up.
Monday morning we got another early start because we had called in a reservation for a bridge opening at 11:00. This is a picture of the sunrise moments before we picked up the anchor and headed East.
We were on our way by 6:30 and ended up getting to the bridge at 10:00. The bridge operator was kind enough to lift the bridge as soon as we got there so we didn't have to wait.
Lots of miles and miles of flat marsh land or cattle grazing is mostly what we saw both days. It's almost like a ten hour road trip but a lot more relaxing. That analogy only works if you enjoy road trips.
No alligators spotted so far but birds of note (besides the many species of heron) are roseate spoonbills, wood storks, caspian terns and an osprey.
We lost some time trying to find fuel in Lake Charles today, but ended up meeting a real nice Marine (no longer in but I understand there is no such thing as an "ex-Marine".) We tied up at a fuel dock that is closed on Mondays and he just so happened to be around. He offered and we accepted a ride to a close gas station so we could fill our two jerry cans with diesel fuel. Twice. It wasn't much more than a mile but in the heat we would have been done in after making one trip. With his help we made two trips and were able to get 20 gallons of fuel ,
Trying to be short so I had better quit now. Tonight we are just up the Memantau River. We pushed it too hard today and didn't get anchored until just after dark. We don't want to do that again unless absolutely necessary. Tomorrow morning before heading out we have some repair work to do as we discovered we have an engine exhaust leak. We hope to make a temporary fix until we can do something more permanent.
That's it! I'm done! Wasn't very short.
Take care.
Brian
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