Saturday, December 8, 2012

Day 77: W 11/28- NPR & Vicksburg


  This time we were ready to go.  A day of relaxation in the tent had generated more trash and mesh than we had realized and breaking camp was a chore.  We also had to collect the chairs and our rain gear, which we had stashed under the rain fly, from along the windswept beach.  The weather was chilly and breezy, but a far cry better than the day before.
  We made up for our lazy day by making 35 on Wednesday and camping at mile 433 just south of Vicksburg, MS.  We listened to NPR all afternoon, which was a nice treat.  Reception is rather spotty on the river and usually we’re stuck with static.  There were several casinos in Vicksburg that we joked about stopping at, but once again paddled passed for a night of rice and pasta.  The sandbar we stopped on was very shallow and we were lucky the water didn’t rise at all during the night.

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