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take me to the river


Well, I have come to the conclusion that I need a goal. Something big to keep my mind focused on something other than the present.

It has wandered into my mind from time to time that a kayaking trip would be very good for me. I want it to be a good portion of next summer and as cheap as possible.

I am thinking a trek down the Mississippi from the headwaters in Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico would be about 2 months. That may be just the perfect amount of time. I need something like this. I need to prove to myself that I can do anything I want. I can survive.

And two months in a kayak would force me to forage/fish for my own food, filter my water and be completly self reliant.

I have read that it takes a drop of water 90 days to travel the mississippi. And I have read of raceing teams that have made it in 24. SO, I figure I will be somewhere between there on time as I will have to camp for a few hours every night.

And I have an uncle in New Orleans that could give me a ride back up. I have found some interesting things like there are 260 fish species in the mississippi, and 326 kinds of birds, 98 different mussels, 50 types of mammles and 145 reptile and amphibians.

I dont know, but its a thought. And its do-able. It might be just what I need to heal. I just feel so burried with memory and regret. I need to free myself somehow.

I was thinking I should name my kayak if I am to make such a journey. I have decided EVE. Enlightened Vehical of Emancipation. Pretty damn clever if I do say so myself, and I did. I should work on painting her all up this winter when its too cold to be outside.

Anyhoo, plenty of time to figure it all out. OOOOwww ooooww I could get a gps tracking thingy somehow and put a little map on my diary so that all my readers could follow my little dot down the river- arrrrr.


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Oct. 03, 2005






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