I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to sugar coat it. I'm going to tell you like it is and if anyone tells you different, they're lieing. The Mississippi sucks!
There is a reason why the cruising guides recommend you not take it all the way to New Orleans. Tomorrow we will be in the Ohio River....thank goodness. . .and it won't be a minute too soon.
This has been a wild ride dodging logs big enough to have their own zip code while running with a 6 knot current. On top of that, there are barges everywhere...some throwing a six foot wake with haystacks behind them. There are whirl pools and turbulence too but it's all part of the adventure and a means to the end.
When we hit the Ohio we will have been on the Mississippi for 220 miles; just long enough to say we did it and enough to know we'll never do it again.
Are we still having fun? You bet! These hard days lead to awsome happy hours!
The Kentucky lakes are coming up....but more about that next time.
Keep smiling !! The worst is almost over and it sounds like it will be worth it!! Enjoying your blogs! Keep 'em coming !! Xo
ReplyDeleteYou said it! Our friends expressed the same sentiment and they were on a very large mv.. more of a chance to run into the various forms of debris... but true, it is another one of the bucket list. Safe travels.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you can say you did it, and when you meet others who have also done it, you can compare horror stories. Us landlubbers (speaking for myself) have no knowledge of this segment of life on the planet Janice, so it's just great reading and learning about it. Thanks for that. Calmer waters just ahead...later, N,x
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