Wednesday 25th Sept. ...Morgan City

We began our day at a later hour than normal. We had slept in and enjoyed doing so. It is tiring tiki-touring, and we needed to just relax this morning. We were due to meet Katherine and Jim at the car at 10.30 for a trip into Morgan City. They had docked at the town dock before and we needed to see where we would be going on the next leg of our trip and what we would need to stay here overnight. It isnt the best place and rather public, but we know what to expect now.
The river was covered in Water Hyacinths floating quite rapidly downstream...this is the Atchafalaya River, here. The wet weather had dislodged all the floating islands of plants and they were a bit disturbing in their huge numbers.
Jim used to work out of Morgan City as a Crew Boat Captain. He would ferry crew(people) and things to the different oile rigs up river and sometimes out into the Gulf, which didnt please him as much.

We drove down to see if the crew boat he worked on was in port, but it wasnt there. We did see some interesting sights though in this area. These tow bridges are interesing...the rusty old one in the foreground still operates as a rail bridge. the one in the background is the bridge we went over to get to the town and the place where we would be docking.

love this Lighthouse. They have made a real effort to make this part of the riverfront a bit more palatable...it is otherwise rather unpreposessing.

This is a levee with gate open...the walls have been painted in some places...I thought the boats and crabs were rather fun:)

This is the dock next to the shrimp boats where we will be spending a night, or maybe two. Morgan City is on the Atchafalaya River....just off the ICW, so easy for us to dock here before going on to Houma, and then New Orleans.

 

These old shops are just inside the levee wall opposite the dock. We found a restaurant here..JoJo's where we had lunch, all four of us, and then went into the Hardware store for some fun!

Ever seen one this big?? the tool, that is!

 

On the way back to Delcambre we stopped at the Weedell /Williams  flight museum. A fascinating look back at the beginnings of flying in the USA, the impact of racing airplanes and how that technology was the forerunner of our modern passenger aircraft. The aircraft inside have all been beautifully restored. This A4 Phantom is on show outside.

 

And so, the end of another day of sightseeing and discovery.

The shrimp boats had departed on tuesday morning for fishing...only a couple left in the Bayou.