Started the day by getting fuel. The fuel dock hand at Shell Morgan Landing helped us He was very nice and helpful. After we left the marina, Jen started her driving lesson. She did great! One of the more exciting things was calling the tow captains on the radio and letting them know our intentions, and finding out wether we should pass on the 1 or the 2. There was a particular friendly barge captain on the boat “Corky”, who she chatted with. When the captains found out it was her first time driving and manning the radio, they all came out and waved to her. Kind of a salute to a new captain in training!!

The Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge was open, and the Coast Guard gave us helpful directions on how to avoid some shallow areas when docking. We had no issues docking, and seem to really be getting the hang of things.

We met the most wonderful couple on the boat Full Moon. They are a retired couple who traded in their corporate life and bought a shrimp boat and are now in the shrimping business. They gave us a ton of fresh shrimp, and recommended we eat at JoJo’s Cafe. It was right across from the marina. It was a good and we enjoyed eating with the crew from our buddy boat Biscuit.

Everyone slept well, and dogs enjoyed the land again.