Voyages of Annie, Installment #2

Still in Morgan City. No crew. Carol is home and Robert had to go home for a few days. Been tending to business. Got the swim platform /dingy dock finished and all of the hardware mounted. Works like a charm. We are docked at the city docks. Railroad bridge about 200 yards in back of us. Nostalgic to hear the trains going by all hours of the day and night. Put the dingy in the water yesterday and went exploring. Ran about 15 miles up one of the bayous. Pretty neat.

Met some people and they took me to Houma, La yesterday so I could buy a bike. We bought bikes to bring with us and at the last minute I decided to leave them home but here I need one. Nothing is close. Grocery store is a mile or so. Fortunately there are some great restaurants within a block or two of here so I am in no danger of starving.

The first day here the newspaper was here doing a story on Annie and we were on TV that night. Then the newspaper showed up not to be outdone by the TV folks. I think that must be in todays paper. Everyone loves the calliope.

Been tending to boat business. Have some things to fix and install. Going to scrub the bilge this AM and do some varnishing this afternoon. Weather is absolutely gorgeous. …74 deg. Plan is to refuel Monday and head out probably Tuesday heading up the Atchafalaya River to the Red River. Don’t know how far north we will go. Will play it by ear.

RB