July 9th. My sister turned 28 today. She's old. Love you Shannon!
We woke up and filled all of our water which was very necessary. On the water by 6:45 and didn't get out until 10:45. There really wasn't anywhere to stop. The river is pretty barren in this stretch except for barges which have gotten bigger (7 long X 3 wide). I'm sure they will continue to get even bigger. When the waves hit us as we go over wing dams it can get pretty scary. Huge boils pop up and look like they could sink us. We have yet to hit one, luckily.
The wind never picked up and we had a very successful day mile wise. We estimate we kept about an 8 mile per hour pace, covering 77 miles. We would have gotten even further, but we took a long lunch on a sand bar. I even got a nap in! It felt amazing to just lie there and take in the sun.
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