Getting into a Routine

We are anchored in an oxbow in the Mermentau river a couple miles up from the ditch. It's quiet and beautiful and we have it entirely to ourselves. Yesterday we had our first lock and first pontoon bridge (actually two). We passed a tug with a barge load (two whistle), and spent our second night at anchor. It took two GPS' to convince me we weren't dragging, or at least quickly reset. Once the sun comes up we set out for Delcambre. This just a few miles down river from Avery Island, where Tabasco is made, and there is apparently a very nice nature reserve.