mouth of the Mississippi River--See-Saw and Bixby's Cub

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How many of you C-Brats have boated the mouth of the Mississippi? I've posted my new article on Examiner.com, with a slide show. The article is directed not just at C-Brats but at anyone with a hankering to see the mouth of the big river, with instructions on how to do it, including by C-Dory. We made the trip in May of 2011, with Tex and Sharon Allen, when the river was at 19 feet above normal. It was a great journey, three days and about 200 miles round trip, including a side trip to the waterfront in New Orleans.

Our thanks to Tex for sharing his expertise! We had a great time!

Check out my article and photos, mostly of our 16-foot cruiser See-Saw and 22-foot Bixby's Cub, on the river, along with scenery and pics of many types of boats found on the lower part of the river. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or corrections. Here's the link to the article -- http://exm.nr/17Q1lBS . If you enjoy it, please share it with others.

If you haven't been, start planning your trip. It's super!

Janda

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The levees at the French Quarter are 23' high and when we were there in 2011 the River was just 3 feet from cresting the levees.

Normally when passing the French Quarter on a small boat, one can only see the second story balconies and roof tops behind the 23' high levees.

The coolest part of that trip was being on the river 20 feet above the town of New Orleans and looking down into the streets of the French Quarter as we passed by.

We were floating on the river and were level with the second story rooftops.

It was pretty amazing.

I might add that the river in this area is much cleaner than commonly thought, and there are nice sandbars and islands for camping below Baton Rouge.

No sandbars and islands below New Orleans, but plenty of off channel places to anchor or tie off to the levee.

Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans there are several Civil War mansions to tour that are accessible by river.
 
What's a good time to boat the Mississippi Mouth? We tried the upper part in summer (July and August,) And learned that was the wrong time.

The trip sounds great. So how do you avoid hurricanes, sweltering heat and flooding?

My name is Boris
 
Thanks to Pat and Patty and to ddenver for the compliments about my article.

And special thanks to Tex for MORE info about our trip! (He's the one who should be writing the article!) And also thanks to him for posting the longer link to my article. The link I posted (http://exm.nr/17Q1lBS) is just a shortcut to the longer one, but it should work the same; just click on either one, or if that fails, copy it and paste it into your address bar. Bob, I hope you were able to access it.

Boris, you asked what time of year to make the trip. We and Tex and Sharon went in mid-May, and the weather was very nice. I'd think then or late September or October would be excellent. And don't worry about flooding; you know, boats float! (Just plan carefully so you can reach the launch and takeout sites with your vehicle and trailer.)

Just do it; it's a fabulous trip!
(For those of you who have already been, we'd love to hear about your experiences. Post on here, and Lyle and I can read it while we wait for our BIG snow in Amarillo to melt!)
Janda

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