Baton Rouge Louisiana
Today started with what could, had we not opened he door, have been the end of th world. The sounds of large machanical monsters that shook the ground and thrashed the waters shook us violently and suddenly from our sleep this morning (likely around 2am). Lights flashing and metal pounding against metal caused me the have to order my fearful humans to stop quivering and look to see what all the hubbub was about. They zipped the kennel door open and saw a large barge being swarmed by floating towers of lights which quickly ripped it into several small pieces scurrying away into the darkness. While this was going on I ordered my brave humans to bring the boat closer in case one of the barges were placed along the side of the river that we were camped on. My concern was that if a barge was anchored near by it could damage the floating kennel. After about an hour or so things went quiet and we were soon back to sleep. This morning we were all quite tired so we slept in a bit. The humans picked a rather poor campsite (clearly) and as such I could only take momma for a short walk while dad heated his back. Once on the water things went amazingly well. As we paddled into Baton Rouge there was hardly any boat traffic except for a couple small barges and a few harbor towes. The sky was dark with smog from the multitude of petrochemical plants which lined the shores. Paddling further into Baton Rouge we saw two large oil tankers parked along the river. One of the two ships passed us as we left Baton Rouge and much to our surprise threw hardly any wake, less infact then barges and pleasure craft. The remainder of the day we paddled past countless factories which spewed chemicals into the air and the water. No more drinking out of the river according to the humans although I sneak a a drink when I can. Towards the end of the day I observed some very strange human behavior. While rounding a corner a small tug was heading north and passed close by. Anyway as we passed, the captain stepped away from the controls, took out his phone and began taking pictures or a video of us. How strange. If anything we should have been filming him! Other than that the day went by in typical fashion. Dads back must being feeling better because he and momma were able to make it 46 miles today! That's the most they have managed since pappa hurt his back. They are good humans and are now only 192 miles from completing this adventure.
The whole family of beards
She still has a good Verd!
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