The Great Mississippi River Adventure

Day 30

Stats

35.98 miles traveled in 9:00 hours

River mile start:309

River mile end:273

River mile today: 36

River mile total:1068

% complete: 45

Average 4.0 mph (locks, breaks, lunch)

Burned 1829 calories

Today was a late start due to the late finish yesterday and needing to prepare for 2 to 3 nights of camping.  

The wind was blowing by 9 am but not too bad. I got to lock 23 by 10:30 but I had to wait an hour for the barge to finish locking through. As the lock was getting ready for. E to lock through the skies opened up. What makes it frustrating is if hadn't waited an hour I would hamissed the storm. Oh well.

The rest of the day was another wind slugfest. The kind of wind that if you stop paddling you go backwards. I finally made it to lock 24 and didn't have to wait! I locked through and went to the nearest island to make camp and dry my wet clothes. That lasted 30 minutes until a big rainstorm rolled in. Now I sit in my tent with limited cell coverage slowly writing my blog. This should help all the slow readers out there

Kayak: Y&H Quest 

Temp at launch 62degree, at recovery 81 degree