Today was another chilly day. It was a good decision to buy some warm coats before we left and packed more than one pair of pants!! It was also the first day we got to sleep in and boy, we were happy to do it! Driving the boat takes a lot of concentration and multi-tasking. It can be tiring for newbies!

The journey has exceeded our expectation. We didn’t expect the ICW to be as wide and deep as it is. Frankly, we expected shallow, narrow, swamplands. It is fantastic travels. The industrial traffic has been so much fun.

We tied off on the wall at Downtown Houma. Because of the hurricane damage, we were allowed to tie off for free. Fortunately, the power was operational.

Once we got settled, we walked a couple blocks past the hospital and enjoyed a great dinner at the 531 Liberty Cafe. We highly recommend the food and hospitality. Mike’s home cooking is so good that it makes us big food critics and this was great food. I recommend the bacon jam burger. Yum!

After dinner, we met a someone walking along the dock with his dog, Hunter… a beautiful, loving poodle. He and his crew traveled to Houma by boat to help with the hurricane cleanup. There is a lot to cleanup here. We are seeing first hand what Mother Nature is capable of. God Bless Louisiana.