An early morning departure from Dog River Marina in Mobile gave us our first view of the local shrimp boats while we were on our way to Biloxi in the light fog and rain.
Biloxi, Mississippi. We tied up at the Schooner Yacht Club and Museum where we found a Rita damaged marina in recovery. Power, water, club house with restrooms and a meeting room. A nice facility on the waterfront across from Deer Island. Off came the bikes and we went to town.
Lunch at Mary Mahoney's consisted of shrimp gumbo, a salad, red snapper stuffed with crab and shrimp in a cream sauce, a crawfish side dish and and ending of bourbon bread pudding. Oh so so sweet. Next to our table was a fireplace and mantel; the water from Rita was 6-9 inches above the mantel. The buildings there are restored and this year they will be replacing the heart-pine flooring.
Come in for lunch, the food is terrific.
We "checked" our bikes with the bellman and went into the Casino/Hotel to check things out. The lobby was fully ready for Christmas and the shops had plenty to sell. We did not loose a penny in the Casino . . .
In order to arrive in Madisonville in daylight we made a 0430 departure from Schooner Marina which took us past our casino all brightly lighted in yellow; the parking garage was still full, and, we were off to the Mississippi Sound and New Orleans.
By almost 1100 we arrived at the entrance to the New Orleans Intercoastal Canal/Rigolets Cut which is just past the mouth of the Pearl River.
Drawing near to the Industrial Canal (connects Lake Ponchartrain and the Mississippi River with a lock in between, and forms a "T" with the New Orleans/Rigolets ICW; we had the severely damaged 9th Ward on our Port hand and the New Orleans skyline ahead.
When we reached the top of the "T" we made a turn Northward toward the Lake and son David's home outside Madisonville. The L&N Railroad bridge in directly in front of us opening so that we may pass. The high-rise bridge is Interstate 10 followed by the Lakeshore Drive Bridge and the entrance into the Lake.
David, two of his sons, Phillip and Alan, along with two of his friends came out to the entrance to Port Louis to greet us and lead the way in to our Christmas location behind his house.
Safely tied up behind David and Susan's home we have all the conveniences of a Yacht Center plus family and three beautiful grandsons.
SONATA is the largest boat in Port Louis and ready for the Holiday Season!!
An early morning departure from Dog River Marina in Mobile gave us our first view of the local shrimp boats while we were on our way to Biloxi in the light fog and rain.
Biloxi, Mississippi. We tied up at the Schooner Yacht Club and Museum where we found a Rita damaged marina in recovery. Power, water, club house with restrooms and a meeting room. A nice facility on the waterfront across from Deer Island. Off came the bikes and we went to town.
Lunch at Mary Mahoney's consisted of shrimp gumbo, a salad, red snapper stuffed with crab and shrimp in a cream sauce, a crawfish side dish and and ending of bourbon bread pudding. Oh so so sweet. Next to our table was a fireplace and mantel; the water from Rita was 6-9 inches above the mantel. The buildings there are restored and this year they will be replacing the heart-pine flooring.
Come in for lunch, the food is terrific.
We "checked" our bikes with the bellman and went into the Casino/Hotel to check things out. The lobby was fully ready for Christmas and the shops had plenty to sell. We did not loose a penny in the Casino . . . 
In order to arrive in Madisonville in daylight we made a 0430 departure from Schooner Marina which took us past our casino all brightly lighted in yellow; the parking garage was still full, and, we were off to the Mississippi Sound and New Orleans.
By almost 1100 we arrived at the entrance to the New Orleans Intercoastal Canal/Rigolets Cut which is just past the mouth of the Pearl River.
Drawing near to the Industrial Canal (connects Lake Ponchartrain and the Mississippi River with a lock in between, and forms a "T" with the New Orleans/Rigolets ICW; we had the severely damaged 9th Ward on our Port hand and the New Orleans skyline ahead.
When we reached the top of the "T" we made a turn Northward toward the Lake and son David's home outside Madisonville. The L&N Railroad bridge in directly in front of us opening so that we may pass. The high-rise bridge is Interstate 10 followed by the Lakeshore Drive Bridge and the entrance into the Lake.
David, two of his sons, Phillip and Alan, along with two of his friends came out to the entrance to Port Louis to greet us and lead the way in to our Christmas location behind his house.
Safely tied up behind David and Susan's home we have all the conveniences of a Yacht Center plus family and three beautiful grandsons.
SONATA is the largest boat in Port Louis and ready for the Holiday Season!!
Hope you all have a great holiday visit with all your family. Still following your blog updates and just loving the pictures. Sue and I are doing good and all is OK back here in VA. Take care and Happy Holidays! Glad to hear the Sonata's maintenance man is taking care of the important stuff. Really nice to have a back yard place for the boat. See you all soon.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention that I looked at the "towboat" data. That was really some event!!! Very lucky crew.
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