Goodbye Mississippi River, Hello Atchafalaya River
Start: River Mile 319
Finish: Atchafalaya River Mile 6
Day Total: 28
Segment Total: 953
Today, we launched in the early morning light with our final 17 miles on the Mississippi River in front of us. We paddled on calm water, with a gentle breeze helping with the humidity.
There are three outflow channels on the Mississippi River to divert water to the Atchafalaya. Each of these outflow channels has a huge gate that allows water to be diverted. At any given time, 30% of the Mississippi River flows into the Atchafalaya.
As my friends and family in Minnesota are dealing with 2 early winter storms, Jon and I were paddling in sweltering Louisiana heat. The high today was 89 with a heat index in the 90’s. The forecast for the next few days is for more of the same. We made it to Simmesport, LA and have our last hotel for shower and laundry.
Dinner tonight was at Rabalais Seafood. We both had the Seafood Plater that included Shrimp, Catfish, Crawfish, Crab and Frog Legs. We are now less that 140 from the Gulf so the seafood is getting better and fresher by the day.
We will be back on the river early tomorrow, with a River Angel as a destination. Danny Majors will be hosting us the feeding us a fresh Cajun dinner. He’s known for his cooking so we are really excited to meet him.
Morning pack-up on the beach
Locking through from the Mississippi to the Atchafalaya
Jon, checking the maps
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