Life’s a Beach, camp
Start: River Mile 437
Finish: River Mile 408
Day Total: 31 Miles
Segment Total: 836 Miles
It was really hard to drag myself out of the warm comfy bed at the Duff Green Mansion Bed & Breakfast. Luckily, all my gear was pretty well organized so it didn’t take long to get it out to the Portico were the B & B owner Rick was waiting to drive us to the boat ramp. Loading the boats rampside, we were paddling away at 8:00 am.
Thankfully, the strong current on the Yazoo channel was in our favor this morning. Before long we were in the main channel of the Mississippi and on our way heading south on river left. The weather was cool and windy, with wind mostly in our faces, again.
I have to say, the scenery is simple with trees lining both banks and giant sand bars on the inside of each bend. We see lots of wild birds including Great Blue Heron’s, Great White Egrets and Pelicans by the hundreds. We also see Bald Eagles from time to time. Although we see deer tracks everyday we almost never see them. As you paddle, you have the feeling that you are a hundred miles from civilization, but the reality is that on the other side of the tree lined levee, there is farm land, pasture land and small towns, some as close as 3 miles away.
We are at the point of the trip were we need to put in 30 mile days, every day. The days are getting shorter, it’s almost Election Day and we have wives and lives to return to.
Quote of the Day comes from Jon. “I need to get out of my boat, can we please stop for lunch!”
Heading out of Vicksburg on the Yazoo river channel
Beach camping at it’s finest
Jon paddling out of Vicksburg in the early morning light
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