Mile 177: Messy-ssippi River begins.

From Baton Rouge on the river has been dredged deeper for large ocean bound boats like the one above. Sure its bigger than a barge but im more afraid of the great width of a barge than the sheer hull of this ship. Anyways the big todo is that theres supposed to be 100s of boats of traffic and industry. We made 30 miles or more today and the traffic was light. No problems.
The shore is lined with nuclear. coal and natural gas plants. oil pipes. poorly regulated chemical factories that look like a futuristic smoky metropolis. But what i really noticed was a couple bald eagles in trees. a herd of cattle and calves following us along the swamp. a car full of people following us across the levy. and a lot of idle workers waving at our tinsel covered canoe .
Thought we hit faster water but maybe theres just more to look at on shore. perspective. well, might have rain or fog slowing us tomorrow but we've got a lot of supplies from Dollar General to feed us.