Bayou Fountain — The Lost Posts — February 14, 2015
Bayou Fountain — The Lost Posts — February 14, 2015
What better morning than Valentine’s Day on the bayou? The last of The Lost Posts, now, with more souvenirs.
It was about as normal a day on the bayou as you get. The water was low, but not too low. The weather was cool, but not too cool (almost 50°F at the 8am launch time). And appropriately for Valentine’s Day, everyone was busy so I was out on the bayou alone. (Okay, Mike was double-booked with a Frenchtown hike and I didn’t actually call for help, as it was going to be an easy and fast day.)
I headed down the bayou at more than my usual speed, as it seemed like a great day to have extra time in the afternoon. There wasn’t much work to do, anyway. I spent most of the time just enjoying a nice, relaxing trip down Bayou Fountain, but I *did* find yet another quest fresco bucket. This one was much older than the set from last November, so it wasn’t new litter, and I was somewhat entertained.
A few weeks earlier, when Mike and I had cleaned up old number 15 again, I was on the way back upstream from Bayou Manchac when a kleptomanitree stole my sole extension handle for the big winch. This was rather unfortunate, as while I have spare handles, I only had the one extension handle (and it’s rather nice to use). Well, I’d marked and waypointed the drop spot, and with the bayou nice and low, I figured I had a chance at recovery. Sure enough, when I paused and looked around through the water, there was the red handle waiting for me. (Note to self, add recovery line to extension handle.)
I made excellent time all the way down to Bayou Manchac. Less than two hours to the turn back upstream. The trip back was quick enough, as well, and by 1:30pm, I was all loaded up and heading out. Conveniently, Rachel happened to be somewhat close with enough time for lunch before heading off to work, so I got a wonderful day on the bayou, a couple souvenirs, a recovered extension handle, *and* lunch with my Valentine. How can you beat that?