Such a great read! Also I've just learned that Lake Pontchartrain is not just an emo song that my sister used to listed to, but is a real place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu7lIGLchnQ
The feeling is mutual. I've just learned Lake Ponchartrain was an emo song! The I-55 and stopping to eat reference in the song lyrics likely refers to Middendorf's in Manchac on the northwest corner of the lake as you come into the area on I-55. Coincidentally, I am stopping there for some fried catfish on my way to the airport Thursday. And gumbo. Always gumbo. Slidell is referenced as well and I lived there for about six months (a mistake) before moving back into the Garden District of N.O..
Lake Ponchartrain is massive. It's bigger than San Francisco Bay. Its average depth is about 10 feet, though. Roam couldn't sail there with her daggerboards down. She'd get stuck in the mud.
I have a renewed appreciation for your sister's musical taste.
Many thanks for sailing with us! Readers of SV Roam should check out Working Man's excellent blog. Substack led me to his delightful writing. It's on a subject I wouldn't have sought out on my own. Once I started reading I was hooked. Check it out.
Such a great read! Also I've just learned that Lake Pontchartrain is not just an emo song that my sister used to listed to, but is a real place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu7lIGLchnQ
The feeling is mutual. I've just learned Lake Ponchartrain was an emo song! The I-55 and stopping to eat reference in the song lyrics likely refers to Middendorf's in Manchac on the northwest corner of the lake as you come into the area on I-55. Coincidentally, I am stopping there for some fried catfish on my way to the airport Thursday. And gumbo. Always gumbo. Slidell is referenced as well and I lived there for about six months (a mistake) before moving back into the Garden District of N.O..
Lake Ponchartrain is massive. It's bigger than San Francisco Bay. Its average depth is about 10 feet, though. Roam couldn't sail there with her daggerboards down. She'd get stuck in the mud.
I have a renewed appreciation for your sister's musical taste.
Thanks for sharing your adventures! Hope there’s more next year!
Many thanks for sailing with us! Readers of SV Roam should check out Working Man's excellent blog. Substack led me to his delightful writing. It's on a subject I wouldn't have sought out on my own. Once I started reading I was hooked. Check it out.
Congratulations on an epic adventure. Perhaps we’ll catch up to you in Fiji next season.
Thank you Captain Chris! I hope very much we'll see you guys in Fiji next year. Some epic diving there awaiting all of us!
Truly great write up! Thanks