Matt’s Mississippi Manifest

Today’s word: DISEQUILIBRIUM. And today’s post will be a little out of the ordinary: I’ll need to tell the following morning in addition to the day. But first, another setback I forgot to include with the other downers yesterday: The marine first aid kit was one of the first things I purchased for this journey.…

Some people have read my day 11 post and concluded that I’m quitting and packing it in. That is NOT the case; I expect to continue blathering on this blog for more than 7 weeks to come. I do however plan to use the Galahad hyperspace button (if you know, you know), where Christin will…

The day started promising. Then the word for today turned to: CAPITULATION. We were up before the sun, after a somewhat restless night. We slept across the river from a den of coyotes; they didn’t really howl, but they did a lot of yip-yip-yip type noises as the younger ones whined a lot. Then in…

Today’s word: PROTRACTED. What a monumental day. Chad was excited to start his first full day. He was straight into the routine: up at 5:30 to get in the water just after sunrise. We had 34 miles planned today and he was an eager beaver. Since Chad got on the river we hadn’t seen a…

Word for today: BITTERSWEET. Today I said goodbye to Dave until we reach Minneapolis. I think Dave was glad he joined, I know I’m glad I had him along. We had some frustrating times, but we had many more amazing, memorable experiences. Dave and I had a calm 14 miles together this morning before making…

Todays word: PRECARIOUS. Firstly, I have to say a thing or two about yesterday’s post. My intended word for yesterday was really witless, but that seemed so negative. Though in retrospect, it was more fitting with the day. Don’t get me wrong, the Bromenschenkels were amazing; I’m so fortunate to have met them. But once…

The recreation of the long awaited Day 7! You may need to go back and reread Day 6 to get your mind back in that place… Word for the day: GRATEFUL. I’m not sure how else to best convey my thoughts for the Bromenschenkels who gave us a surprising boost when we really needed it.…

Note to readers: Day 7 posts seem to be having issues. A few days ago when I thought I was discarding some changes, the whole post was deleted. Then this morning when I tried to publish some recreated parts of the post with an explanation of the earlier deletion, it too seems to have disappeared.…

Note: I had finished the day 7 post in the evening of day 7. But I haven’t had a mobile phone signal in days. On the evening of day 8 I tried to post using someone else’s mobile hot spot. Unfortunately the speed was too slow to load the videos. Then I discovered an interesting…

It’s crazy how every day is so different, and each day seems like several days somehow squeezed into one. I could write about so much today; I think my word for today is: TEMPERING. But, first things first… I like some variety in my life, but some things I like to keep regular, like being…