We made our second trip to Double Bayou with Steve and Lori accompanying us on their Hans Christian 33T, Amour Del Mar. Our friends Randy and Calvin joined us on our boat. Another three days spent exploring the bayous, fishing, and relaxing. We left at 1030 am and met up with Amour Del Mar at the fuel dock. After topping off the fuel tanks, we departed and followed the same route as our first trip in May. The water was calm to slightly choppy, and as with the last trip, the winds were on our nose out of the NE. We motored the entire way. There was a lot of traffic in the Houston Ship Channel, but crossing was uneventful (we did touch bottom just as we passed marker 62). As we entered the Double Bayou Channel, our stress levels began to rise. Most of the channel markers were missing, so David was on the bow with the binoculars looking for the next marker and trying to give me directions to stay in the channel. There is only a couple feet of water on either side of the channel, and we didn’t want to spend our first night aground. We finally made it into Double Bayou and proceeded into the East Fork, where we tied up to the same tree as our last trip. After David secured a line around a tree from the bow, Amour Del Mar gently rafted to our starboard side.

We spent the next two days exploring the West Fork by dingy, going as far as we possible could. We came across a water moccasin that crossed the bow of our dingy, an alligator sunning on the banks, and a very large alligator floating belly up. We presume he was a victim of the local Alligator Fest the weekend before. Our fishing was good, landing quite a few bass which was cooked on the grill. Yummmm!

Our trip home was good, light winds to begin. Once we crossed the Houston Ship Channel into Galveston Bay, we were able to get the sails up and sail the rest of the way to the Kemah Channel.

Photo Gallery - pictures of our trip and exploring at Double Bayou