Hi Family and Friends,

Sorry for the delay on the updates. It has been a little diffucult to get into the swing of things. We left the LAYC Monday, May 3rd. The first few days were uneventful, a stop @ Intracoastal City, then to Morgan City. No oil or closures on the ICW to report.
On Wed. heading into Houma we were boarded by HOMELAND SECURITY, all of our paperwork was in order so no search was necessary. Once we tied up @ the Twin Bridge Marina the pit was lit. We enjoyed rib eyes, broccli and green beans, not to mention a couple of bottles of wine. After, we watched the tows go by, only feet away. By Sat. we made it to Biloxi, the wind had increased to 25kts (time to come into safe harbor), we stopped @ the City Marina, right next to the Hard Rock Casino. Needless to say, that's where we ended up. The buffet was great, Lu stuffed herself with King crabs and Dixie played the slots. We had another great evening. When we retired to the boat we listened to the VHF to hear that there would be a smallcraft alert tomorrow so we decided to hold up another day. So, Sun. became a project day and we also rode the bikes to the grocery store for supplies, Just a 2 mile round trip, not a bad ride.
Monday we left Biloxi. The wave action was a little intense, but we made it to Dauphin Island without breakage. We heard someone hailing Me'Nou (Byler boat), Dicky responded, and it was Troy T. another member of the LAYC. He and his family were on vacation and noticed us on the ICW. Once we were anchored Troy came out to meet us. We live in a small world. Had another late night of enjoying wine and good friends.
I will stop for now, time to hit the bunk. Have interesting story to tell on next update, and hopefully some pictures.
Love, Lu & Mike