day 65: Natchez baby, Natchez.. and aligators

What a great night sleep I got.  I mean wow, wow, wow, great sleep.  I didn't sleep at all the night before and wow.  I dried all my gear, picked out a level spot on the beach as the sun went down, and boom, passed out, warm as a summer day in my tent, I was.

I woke up and aye oatmeal with raisins then putsyed around for a while before hitting the mighty Mississippi.  The goal was Natchez.  Only problem was we didn't know how far we had to go.  Along the long time it took to get here we passed a nuclear power plant.  Also we saw an aligator today.  It was huge.  It was about as big as the boat, which is 15 ft.  Pretty cool sight to see.  Also my hands feel like they are gonna fall off.  When I wake up I usually  can't open them because of, well, paddling for 8 to 10 hours a day everyday.  Oh well, the hand pain will go away after a few days, the story will live for ever.  Or at least until the Internet crashes and my grandkids forget to pass this story along.  Oh well, nobody remembers the dinosaurs either.

Anyway, after almost getting hit by a barge we made it to Natchez and are camped under the pier of a casino, badass shit.  Also I feel like 6 trillion dollars after eating a buffet and drinking a tall, cool budweiser.

307 miles to new orleans