Nola Traffic 4

Quick and succinct:  the way to enter Nola from the east and north is Rte 90.  About 30 miles east of Nola I passed this mystery vessel Poseidon, which looked like a house-forward bulk carrier with a quonset hut over the hold now blown away by a storm.  Anyone know the history?

As sun rose somewhere in a cloudy drizzly day, the first vessel to pass–upbound–was BBC Brazil.

Then a steady stream of traffic moved on the great river . . .  some of them included Amalienborg,

B. John Yeager (?) with at least 13 barges, which round Algiers Point in the most

curious way, which involved backing down, sliding over to the Nola side, and what must have been lots of nail-biting.

Big Sam and a small tow.

From the Algiers side, I checked out Barbara E. Bouchard‘s new pins.

Also on the drydocks at Bollinger’s was Mully and Admiral Jackson.

Alice‘s sister Caroline Oldendorff passed . . . upriver.

And Alley Cat headed downstream herding more barges than would seem possible.

Nola is so much more than all that, and Checkpoint Charlie is a start of that other so-long list, but do check in at Charlie’s when next you’re here.

More soon.  All foto by Will Van Dorp.