Position
Riverbend Motel
25140s Hwy 1 Plaquemine LA
We did off to good start this morning seeing a small buffet that would cost $10 per person compared to al-a-carte menu being only 8.99 with better choices so I enjoyed breakfast and it was better than offered by the buffet.
We then hiked back down to river and started to paddle out. The harbor was as expected to be busy and several tows moving around us just made me nervous and jumpy. We had to paddle past a second big tanker on the way out as well. Dianne really wanted to find a short cut around a 12 loop that really only moves us one mile further south. So we spent a little time searching for it. Although we did find it would have required two carries and that just didn't make sense to either of us so we did the paddle after all.
We passed one tow boat and the pilot came out of the bridge and asked, “Where yo'al going and where did you start?” When we told him New Orleans and we started in Indianapolis he shout back, “Hell, in that little thing, you are are crazy, good luck!” Again I suspect they are playing a game of “Driving for Al” or maybe, “Au Revoir Al” this being Cajun Country.
Just before noon the skies opened again just after Dianne listened to the radio and it said it was going to, “have scattered showers and locally heavy rainfalls with up to 1 inch accumulations in places”. Duh those clouds are pretty black and dark tell me something I did not know! So we stopped for lunch and put up the tarp to wait development.
After a lunch and lot of rain we started out and checked the GPS to find this hotel just about 6 miles off more like 8 miles of paddling. This we did, the map showed the boat ramp to get out at just past the ferry landing. We saw a boat ramp before the landing and stopped the hotel was still a mile off. So we decided to believe the map go to second ramp. But there was no second ramp, when the GPS said we getting further away I said stop. Dianne tried to get out and her crocks lost a button in the mud. We then went down another 100 yards, to more solid beach. Got out and walked back along the top of the levee to the town and the Motel. This is not a new building but the owners try really hard to keep the place clean and neat. It is a better than many places of the same age and they owners are really friendly so it is a great place to stay when in Plaquemine.
After dinner we stopped to have ice cream
Count
3 sea going ships
15 barges
2 herons
1 really big thunderstorm
9 egrets
1 jumping fish too dumb to get out of the water but hit the bottom of the boat
3 run away red buoys
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