It's Binzer here....well, we had a grand weekend. We ended up having a Rengada.....which in sailing terms means racing sailboats. Bri and I have both been on a sailboat, in total twice, and didn't have a clue what we were doing. Our landlord's boyfriend has a friend with sailboats on Lake Pontchartrain....about a half hour out from New Orleans. The lake flows into the Gulf, so it at times is a salt water lake. (They have even seen sharks in the lake!) We had a blast and learned to "tack" "jib" and all this other stuff..... we spent the whole day out and out of 3 boats closely racing, we nearly collided a couple of times and won second about three times. Needless to say, we were the less experienced boat.
We were in first at some point!
Shrimping boats were everywhere, as it's shrimpin' season.
THis was by far the highlight of the day. We went out to where the shrimp boats were in the lake, and tons of dolphins were following behind! The shrimp boats throw out their scraps, and the dolphins eat them up! I had never seen a dolphin before. I couldn't believe it! IT took about ten shots to get this picture, but I couldn't believe how good it was! They really were this close to the boat!
Mom-I finally ate gumbo--and I sucked the crawfish meat right off the claw as you can see...it was spicy and yummy.
Brian has officially met people to 'jam' with. His friend Joel from school on the left, Joels girlfriend, and Andy-our new friend who is engaged to a cool chick in my class. They played together on Friday and then took us out to show us more of the city.....
The Mississippi River near downtown-we strolled the streets of Frenchman....
Joel and Yvette introduced us to French donuts called Beniges or something like that....sooo good. This little outdoor cafe has been selling only these and coffee for over 150 years!
Here I am looking tough again. I don't know how this picture ended up down here!
It's Binzer here....well, we had a grand weekend. We ended up having a Rengada.....which in sailing terms means racing sailboats. Bri and I have both been on a sailboat, in total twice, and didn't have a clue what we were doing. Our landlord's boyfriend has a friend with sailboats on Lake Pontchartrain....about a half hour out from New Orleans. The lake flows into the Gulf, so it at times is a salt water lake. (They have even seen sharks in the lake!) We had a blast and learned to "tack" "jib" and all this other stuff..... we spent the whole day out and out of 3 boats closely racing, we nearly collided a couple of times and won second about three times. Needless to say, we were the less experienced boat.
We were in first at some point!
Shrimping boats were everywhere, as it's shrimpin' season.
THis was by far the highlight of the day. We went out to where the shrimp boats were in the lake, and tons of dolphins were following behind! The shrimp boats throw out their scraps, and the dolphins eat them up! I had never seen a dolphin before. I couldn't believe it! IT took about ten shots to get this picture, but I couldn't believe how good it was! They really were this close to the boat!
Mom-I finally ate gumbo--and I sucked the crawfish meat right off the claw as you can see...it was spicy and yummy.
Brian has officially met people to 'jam' with. His friend Joel from school on the left, Joels girlfriend, and Andy-our new friend who is engaged to a cool chick in my class. They played together on Friday and then took us out to show us more of the city.....
The Mississippi River near downtown-we strolled the streets of Frenchman....
Joel and Yvette introduced us to French donuts called Beniges or something like that....sooo good. This little outdoor cafe has been selling only these and coffee for over 150 years!
Here I am looking tough again. I don't know how this picture ended up down here!
6 comments:
First, I am amazed you two were able to learn and handle a sail boat of that size. Bill and I sailed on a 'sunfish' and almost killed each other! Wow, looks lilke a great weekend. New Orleans seems to be agreeing with you both. Lots of great things to do! Dad and I can't wait to come down and have some adventures with you.
I can't believe they gave you two landlubbers a whole sailboat...alone!!! Looks like you guys did great and lived to tell about it. Love the dolphin picture...great job! It looks like so much fun...keep sharing! GAS p.s. Binz, did you like the gumbo?
ummm...for all of you who think we operated the sailboat on our own, not true. we totally had our landlord's boyfriend with us. the winds were pretty high and we would have definitely killed ourselves without him!
Uhhmmmmm..Why weren't you wearing life vests? Or did you just take them off for the pictures?? Hmmmmm
Wonderful pictures, looks like a fun day. I would love to sample the square donuts! Beware of sharks! Love Mom A
Wow! What an awesome adventure! Keep having fun and posting pictures.
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