The parrott got away!

When we were driving away from Hoppies this morning, we realized that the bird had flown the coupe!  There he was perched in the sitting area where Fern holds her boater briefings.  We will send a note to Fern asking her to take good care of our very special birdie!

Bend Weir Dyke

Todays lesson on the river was told to us by Fern last evening.  She talked about “bend weir dykes”.  I had never heard of them but she assured us we would encounter them and we surely did.  These are in the channel, in deep water (like a wing dam under water) and they create an incredible amount of turbulence!  The chart picture at the right shows you what it looks like on the chart and the other picture shows you the turbulence.  None of us listening to Fern had ever experienced such a thing.  Had to take the boat off auto pilot and steer through them.  WHEW!

Ken and Marc

At the end of an 80 mile day in 99 degree heat we ended up at a beautiful anchorage that Ken found on the chart.  He dropped the dinghy and scoped it out for depth and here we are!  Beautiful night albeit still too hot but enjoying the evening on anchor with our new Looper friends, Marc and Michele!  The two captains are having a cold one at the end of a hot day!

Good night - Pat