TripTracker.net - Mississippi River, Day 61/ October 5, 2007

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Anne Zellner

Mississippi River

Day 61/ October 5, 2007

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Oct 8 2007, 08:35 PM

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Anne Zellner

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Port Gibson, United States, Mississippi

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We traveled 38 miles today on another hot and humid day.This morning we passed the revetment repair boats of the Army Corps of Engineering. Revetments are concrete blocks strung together with steel cables that are placed along the shore. They absorb the energy of incoming water and waves. The revetments minimize the effect of the barge wakes and keep erosion to a minimum. The Army Corps is charged with maintaining all the revetments on the river. In order to do so, they have developed a self contained floating barge city. There can be up to 350 people living and working on this barge. The tow used to push this city is one of the largest on the Mississippi river and is aptly named 'The Mississippi'. It is 5 stories tall and 2 to 3 times bigger than any other tows we have seen so far. We had learned about the revetment repair operations at the museum we stopped at in Tunica and were thrilled to see it in real life. Little did we know that we would have another very different encounter with this massive operation later in our voyage. We continued past the Grand Gulf nuclear facility and into a chute at Port Gibson. Port Gibson is the starting point for the Natchez race that we will be participating in next weekend. There will be around 70 boats of every type starting the race, all from the same mud choked channel north of Nachez. That will certainly be interesting. We finished our day about 19 miles north of Natchez in a nice cozy alcove off the river. It was perfect until we discovered that the cove acted like a ampitheater, magnifying the sounds of the barges on the river. Oh well, we're staying here. We called Kieth Benoist, the race organizer and made arrangements to meet him and his wife Melissa in Natchez tomorrow. We filtered river water to fill our water bags. This heat and humidity is oppressive and our fluid intake is more than we are carrying onboard with us. We'll get fresh water in Natchez tomorrow. ... by dz

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	77. Note from Dan Zellner Oct 14 2007, 12:05 PMNatchez, United States, Mississippi1 comment As some of you know, I have been updating Joe and Anne's log for them. I have been the words of Anne. I likely have made many errors and misstatements. One thing I know I have not misstated is the tremendous gratitude and love they have for all of you who have followed, prayed for, and rooted...

	76. Day 69/ October 13, 2007 Oct 14 2007, 11:23 AMNatchez, United States, Mississippi Today is the day for the Phat Water Kayak Challenge. We arose at 4:00 AM and boarded a school bus an hour later for the ride to Port Gibson. The bus, jammed with nervous participants and their gear, arrived about one hour later at the put-in point in Port Gibson. The town had mowed the shoreline...

	75. Day 68/ October 12, 2007 Oct 14 2007, 11:12 AMNatchez, United States, Mississippi We spent the day helping Keith and the committee with race preparations. I helped with registration and Joe with equipment repair. Last year there were about 50 participants, this year it nearly doubled to 89 registrants. Gear needed to be shuttled to the starting point in Port Gibson and last...

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