We left Pass Christian on a perfect weather day. Took us about 11 hours to get over to Lu Lu's Home Port Marina in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Went over to check out LuLu's for dinner and watched the Saints game. The next morning Karen & I walk to the end of the dock to check out the boats and a boat from New Orleans is docked a couple of boats down form us. Karen says hello to the guy and he comes out of the boat and he is from Chalmette. Karen used to work with his wife and their family owns a Shrimp and Oyster fleet in Violet. They had a book written about them "The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous" so did I hear some stories. (In pics Corky Robins & Chris Robins his cousin)
Karen gets to second line with LuLu (Lucy Buffett Jimmy's sister) (Karen Lucy & I in pic) and we hear a great Cajun Band named Roddie Romero. The drummer was from Lake Charles. His brother was in my buddy Roberts' band named Lightship that I used to roadie for when I was in High School.
The next night we went over to the Boardwalk with Karen's friends from Chalmette. They were having a concert in an amphitheater and John Mayer was playing. There were like hundreds of women and no men in the bars there. We had a great time but did not get in till 1 am and we were planning to leave at 7 am for Pensacola, Fl to pick up our friend Bill Berg who was flying in from Houston to meet us.
We also docked next to a Krogen 55 that we had met the people while we were at Portofino Marina a few years ago right after they came back from cruising in it. (in pic)
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