Mississippi Adventure Time

Hey!
 First post, woot!  As many of you may know, Aaron and Lilly and I are going crazy.  We're heading out sometime in the next week or so on a three month canoe trip down the Mississippi River.  Right now we're in the frantic planning and packing stage, hopefully ready to start out at least semi-prepared.  We're taking an 18' fiberglass canoe which is currently being updated.  Pics below show some of the improvements we're making (if I can ever figure out how to get them on here).  We're adding four 1 1/2" x 1/8" aluminum struts along the bottom, gunnel to gunnel, and 1" x 1/8" steel supports along the outside edges.  Then we're looking for clamp on style oar locks to mount on the edges so we can row if one of us wants nappy time- me most likely.
**We'd like to say a big thank you to Terri, Kayla, Hannah and Alissa Terpstra for letting us use this beastly canoe for our trip!!!