OK WORLD WE ARE NOT POSTING ON THIS ONE MORE AS I HAVE FOUND A NEW HOME AND HOPE THIS IS MORE BETTER. YOU CAN NOW FIND US AT. http://deannal.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/new-blog/
SO COME ON OVER AND SEE OUR NEW HOME/SITE...
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
WEEKEND WITH HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS... NEW ORLEANS LA......
SO WE WENT DOWN TOWN TO THE FRENCH QUARTERS AND THERE WAS A FREE CONCERT THERE. WE WERE THERE A LITTLE EARLY AND HAD SOME DINNER AT THIS BAR . JERRY HAD A SANDWICH CALL A POUR-BOY WITH SHRIMP. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS REALLY GOOD.
THE CONCERT WAS NEXT TO THE HARD ROCK CAFE, WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR A PRAT IVE PARTY , SO WE COULDN'T GO IN.
WELL IT IS HARD TO SEE BUT THE RED LIGHTS IN THE WINDOW SAYS {COYOTE UGLY} AND NO WE DIDN'T GO IN THERE EITHER.
THIS IS A MALL, BUT WAS A BREWERY WAY BACK WHEN.
THE CONCERT WAS NEXT TO THE HARD ROCK CAFE, WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR A PRAT IVE PARTY , SO WE COULDN'T GO IN.
WELL IT IS HARD TO SEE BUT THE RED LIGHTS IN THE WINDOW SAYS {COYOTE UGLY} AND NO WE DIDN'T GO IN THERE EITHER.THIS IS A MALL, BUT WAS A BREWERY WAY BACK WHEN.THIS GUY WAS STANDING ON THE CORNER AND HIS SUIT HAS ALL COLORS OF BEADS HANGING FROM IT.
WELL IT MEANS {FOOTBALL} THERE WAS A BIG GAME ON SUNDAY.
THE STAGE AND WE WAIT.
THERE WAS A WARM-UP BANDS AND THEY WERE GOOD TOO, sorry don't remember there names.
BEFORE HUEY LEWIS COULD COME ON STAGE WE HAD SOME RAIN AND LOTS OF IT, WE WAITED FOR AWHILE AND THEN I SAID NO MORE GETTING WET. SO WE WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND BOUGHT A UMBRELLA TO TRY AND STAY DRY. hahahaha.
THESE ARE CHEERLEADRES FROM A FEW OF THE STATES
THESE TENTS WERE OVER THE BAND FOR HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS. IT WAS GOOD THEY HAD THEM COVERED CAUSE THE RAIN CAME DOWN ON THE STAGE AND THEY HAD TO DRY IT ALL OFF BEFORE HUEY COULD COME OUT TO SING AND HE WAS ABOUT 45MINS TO A HOUR LATE THEN WAS SAID HE WOULD BE ON STAGE. 
AND THERE HE IS LIVE HE WAS GREAT.
WE WENT BACK TO THE BAR AND WE HEARD HUEY REALLY GOOD AND HAD A COCKTAIL OR TWO.
WELL IT MEANS {FOOTBALL} THERE WAS A BIG GAME ON SUNDAY.THE STAGE AND WE WAIT.THERE WAS A WARM-UP BANDS AND THEY WERE GOOD TOO, sorry don't remember there names.BEFORE HUEY LEWIS COULD COME ON STAGE WE HAD SOME RAIN AND LOTS OF IT, WE WAITED FOR AWHILE AND THEN I SAID NO MORE GETTING WET. SO WE WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND BOUGHT A UMBRELLA TO TRY AND STAY DRY. hahahaha.THESE ARE CHEERLEADRES FROM A FEW OF THE STATESTHESE TENTS WERE OVER THE BAND FOR HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS. IT WAS GOOD THEY HAD THEM COVERED CAUSE THE RAIN CAME DOWN ON THE STAGE AND THEY HAD TO DRY IT ALL OFF BEFORE HUEY COULD COME OUT TO SING AND HE WAS ABOUT 45MINS TO A HOUR LATE THEN WAS SAID HE WOULD BE ON STAGE. AND THERE HE IS LIVE HE WAS GREAT.WE WENT BACK TO THE BAR AND WE HEARD HUEY REALLY GOOD AND HAD A COCKTAIL OR TWO.Tuesday, July 22, 2008
BLOG READERS ????
WELL WE DIDN'T A WHOLE LOT OF INTERNET SERVICE AS WE WERE COMING BACK FROM PORT ISABEL TEXAS SO I HAVE DONE A CATCH UP ON US, JUST SO YOU GET THE WHOLE STORY GO TO ie: NEW ORLEANS HERE WE COME , BACK READ BACKWARDS. WE ARE IN NEW ORLEANS NOW AND WE ARE STAYING HERE FOR AT LEAST ONE MONTH, BUT MAYBE LONGER IF THE JOB COMES THROUGH. WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANY MORE ABOUT IT. WILL TRY TO KEEP YOU ALL UP TO DATE ON US.
SURE GLAD WE ARE NOT IN PORT ISABEL/ SOUTH PADRE ISLAND TX. NOW WITH THAT HURRICANE GOING TO HIT THERE...
WE ARE ALL SAFE AND SOUND HERE. YOU ALL TAKE CARE LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL BACK IN CANADA....
THE HOUSEBOAT FOLKS.
SURE GLAD WE ARE NOT IN PORT ISABEL/ SOUTH PADRE ISLAND TX. NOW WITH THAT HURRICANE GOING TO HIT THERE...
WE ARE ALL SAFE AND SOUND HERE. YOU ALL TAKE CARE LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL BACK IN CANADA....
THE HOUSEBOAT FOLKS.
Monday, July 21, 2008
ON THE HOOK AT FLEMING CANAL STORE...
HERE WE ARE OFF THE CHANNEL AWAY FROM ANY RIVER TRAFFIC A NICE QUIET PLACE TO STAY FOR THE NIGHT.
THEN WE HERE THIS ROARING SO WE GO OUTSIDE AND START TO LOOK AROUND AND WE SEE THESE BOATS COMING INTO THE CANAL, THERE AT LEAST EIGHT OR TEN OF THESE AIR BOATS AND THEY ARE FULL OF PEOPLE. AS THEY CLOSER AND GO BY US IT SAYS { GATOR TOUR} ON THE BACK OF THEM.
THEN WE HERE THIS ROARING SO WE GO OUTSIDE AND START TO LOOK AROUND AND WE SEE THESE BOATS COMING INTO THE CANAL, THERE AT LEAST EIGHT OR TEN OF THESE AIR BOATS AND THEY ARE FULL OF PEOPLE. AS THEY CLOSER AND GO BY US IT SAYS { GATOR TOUR} ON THE BACK OF THEM.
BOY THEY ARE NOSEY BOAT YOU NEED EAR PLUGS TO RIDE ON THEM.
WE HAVE 15 TO 18 MILES LEFT TO GET TO
WE HAVE 15 TO 18 MILES LEFT TO GET TO
NEW ORLEANS LA. SO WE GET UP AND GET A EARLY START IN THE MORNING.
MORGAN CITY
OK WE ARE BACK IN MORGAN CITY FREE DOCKS WE HAVE BEEN HERE A WEEK, THE FIRST THREE DAY'S WE WERE HERE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON IT RAINED AND THEN THE HUMIDITY WAS UP. A SHRIMP BOAT PULLED IN ON WEDNESDAY SO WE BOUGHT SOME FROM THEM. WE BOUGHT 6LBS AND THEN HAD TO CLEAN THEM ALL. SO AFTER THEY ARE ALL CLEANED AND BAGGED WE END UP WITH FOUR SMALL BAGS IN THE FREEZER AND HAD SOME FOR DINNER WITH OUR STEAK. AND THEY WERE GOOD. 
AND THE NEXT DAY ANOTHER SHRIMP BOAT PULLS IN, IN BETWEEN US AND THE FIRST ONE, WELL WE DIDN'T SEE HIM PULL IN BUT LATER I LET THE DOG OUT AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY
WERE TOUCHING US. BUT THEY WEREN'T BUT THEY ARE DAM CLOSE I CAN STAND ON THE BOW OF OUR BOAT AND TOUCH THERE ANCHOR WITH- OUT ANY TROUBLE. AND THE SIGN BEHIND US SAYS; 
THERE ARE SHRIMP BOATS IN FRONT OF US AND SHRIMP BOATS BEHIND US NO ROOM FOR PLEASURE BOATS, OR MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT ANY OF US TO DOCK HERE.
SO ARE GOING TO LEAVE HERE TUESDAY MORNING AND HEAD TO NEW ORLEANS IT WILL TAKE US TWO DAYS TO
GET THERE AS WE ARE 95 MILES AWAY. WILL DROP SOME MORE ON HERE WHEN WE GET THERE.
AND AFTER BEING HERE A WEEK SOME GUY COMES OVER AND KNOCKS ON THE SIDE OF THE BOAT, SO JERRY GOES OUT TO TALK TO HIM. HE SAYS HE IS
FROM THE TOWN HALL AND IT COSTS $20.00 PER NIGHT TO STAY HERE, SO WE SAID NOT A PROBLEM. SO WE STAYED 9 DAYS IN ALL AND THEN WE FUELED UP AND HEADED TO NEW ORLEANS. BUT WE HAVE TO STAY ONE NIGHT ON THE HOOK. AND THE PLACE WE STAYED WHEN WE CAME DOWN THIS WAY A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS FLEMING CANAL STORE, IT IS OFF THE RIVER. SO OFF WE GO...
AND THE NEXT DAY ANOTHER SHRIMP BOAT PULLS IN, IN BETWEEN US AND THE FIRST ONE, WELL WE DIDN'T SEE HIM PULL IN BUT LATER I LET THE DOG OUT AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY
WERE TOUCHING US. BUT THEY WEREN'T BUT THEY ARE DAM CLOSE I CAN STAND ON THE BOW OF OUR BOAT AND TOUCH THERE ANCHOR WITH- OUT ANY TROUBLE. AND THE SIGN BEHIND US SAYS; 
THERE ARE SHRIMP BOATS IN FRONT OF US AND SHRIMP BOATS BEHIND US NO ROOM FOR PLEASURE BOATS, OR MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT ANY OF US TO DOCK HERE.
SO ARE GOING TO LEAVE HERE TUESDAY MORNING AND HEAD TO NEW ORLEANS IT WILL TAKE US TWO DAYS TO
GET THERE AS WE ARE 95 MILES AWAY. WILL DROP SOME MORE ON HERE WHEN WE GET THERE.
AND AFTER BEING HERE A WEEK SOME GUY COMES OVER AND KNOCKS ON THE SIDE OF THE BOAT, SO JERRY GOES OUT TO TALK TO HIM. HE SAYS HE IS
FROM THE TOWN HALL AND IT COSTS $20.00 PER NIGHT TO STAY HERE, SO WE SAID NOT A PROBLEM. SO WE STAYED 9 DAYS IN ALL AND THEN WE FUELED UP AND HEADED TO NEW ORLEANS. BUT WE HAVE TO STAY ONE NIGHT ON THE HOOK. AND THE PLACE WE STAYED WHEN WE CAME DOWN THIS WAY A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS FLEMING CANAL STORE, IT IS OFF THE RIVER. SO OFF WE GO...
Sunday, July 20, 2008
THE 4th OF JULY.... ON LAKE CHARLES LA.
HERE WE ARE ON LAKE CHARLES AWAITING THE FIREWORKS. IN THIS PICTURE THESE BOAT ARE TIGHED TOGETHER WAITING THE FIREWORKS.
SOME HOUSES THAT ARE ON THE LAKE,
MORE BOATS COMING IN.
NICE HOME OVER LOOKING THE LAKE.
IT IS STARTING TO GET DARK.
THE SUN IS GOING DOWN.
IT IS DARK AND WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE LIGHT SHOW.
AND THEN THEY START.
THEY WERE REALLY GOOD BUT THEY ONLY LASTED ABOUT 20 min's
WE STAYED ANCHORED THERE FOR THE NIGHT AND LEFT IN THE MORNING.
THE NEXT NIGHT WE STAYED ON THE RIVER.SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE PULLED INTO SHELL MORGAN TO GET FUEL BUT THEY WERE CLOSED, SO WE JUST TIGHTED UP FOR THE NIGHT. FUELED UP THE NEXT MORNING AND OFF WE WENT TO MORGAN CITY. WE ARE ONLY ABOUT 160 MILES TO NEW ORLEANS.
FIRE IN THE MARSH LAND ????
AS WE WERE HEADING TOWARDS RAINBOW MARINA WE COULD SEE THIS SMOKE IN A DISTANCE, JUST NOT SURE WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. A FEW BARGES CAME FROM THAT WAY SO WE ASK WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT CLOSE TO THE WATER SO THEY WEREN'T SURE EITHER.
MADE IT THROW JUST A BIT OF SMOKE THAT WAS OVER THE RIVER, BUT DIDN'T STOP US FROM GOING.
NEXT STOP RAINBOW BRIDGE, PORT ARTHUR TEXAS
WE ANCHORED OUT THERE TOO
OFF THE CHANNEL AWAY FROM BARGES. THINGS WERE GOING GOOD HAD DINNER AND JUST GOING TO SETTLE IN TO WATCH A MOVIE AND THEN WE HAD NO POWER. SO JERRY GOES OUT TO SEE AND TRY SOME THINGS AND WE AREN'T GETTING FUEL SO HE THINKS IT IS THE FUEL PUMP. SO HERE WE ARE AT 11pm, WITH BUGS EATING YOU A LIVE CHANGING THE FUEL PUMP ON THE GENERATOR, GOOD THING WE HAD ANOTHER ONE. GET THAT THE DONE AND THEN WE WEREN'T INSERTED IN A MOVIE, SO OFF TO BED.
NEXT STOP BOWTIE MARINA OFF OF LAKE CHARLES.
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