Day 1, 10 Miles - Rigging / Russell A. Sorenson Minnesota River Landing to 1 Mile above Minnesota/Mississippi River Confluence Day 3, 18 miles - Willies Hidden Marina to Prescott Island Day 4, 20 Miles - Prescott Island to 1 mile above Red Wing Day 5, 1 Mile - 1 Mile Above Red Wing to Red Wing Day 6, Lay Over in Red Wing Day 7, 30 miles Red Wing to Wabasha Day 8, 23 miles - Wabasha to 2 miles below lock 5 Day 9, 11 Miles - 2 Miles Below Lock 5 to Winona, MN Day 10, 28 Miles - Winona to La Crosse Day 11, 21 Miles - La Crosse to 2 Miles Below Lock 8 Day 12, 29 Miles - Below Lock 8 to Below lock 9 Day 13, 10 Miles - Below lock 9 to Prairie du Chien Construction and Put-In - Russell A. Sorenson Landing on Minnesota River - 12 miles above Mississippi River confluence Day 17, 17 Miles - Prairie du Chien to Frenchtown Lake Day 18, 14 Miles - 4 miles above Guttenberg to Cassville Day 14 - Lay Over in Prairie Du Chien Day 15 - Lay Over P.D.C. - There Aren't too Many of us Crazies Left Day 15 - Lay Over P.D.C. - Father's Day Day 16 - Pikes Peak Day 2, 15.5 Miles - 1 Mile above Confluence to Willies Hidden Harbor below St. Paul Day 19, 7 Miles - Cassville to Finley's Landing Day 20, 20 Miles - Finley's Landing to Dubuque Dy 21, 17 Miles - Dubuque to four miles above Bellevue Day 22, 12 Miles - Luke's Landing to Bomb shell beach Day 23, 15 Miles - Mile Marker 550 to Sabula Day 24, 15 Miles - Sabula to Clinton Day 25, 17 Miles - Clinton to Princeton Day 26, 20 Miles - Princeton to Moline Day 27 - Lay Over Moline Day 28 - Lay Over Moline Day 29, 23 Miles - Moline to Fairport Day 30, 7 Miles - Below Fairport to Muscatine Day 31 - Lay Over Muscatine Day 32 - Lay over Muscatine Day 33, 30 Miles - Muscatine to Mile Marker 426 Day 34, 25 Miles - M.M. 426 to Burlington Day 35, 20 Miles -Burlington to Dutchman Island Day 36, 19 Miles - Dutchman Island to Keokuk Day 37, 10 Miles - Keokuk to Below the Dam Day 38, 20 Miles - Keokuk dam to Canton Dam Day 39, 20 Miles - below Lock 21 to Goose Island Quincy Interview with NBC Day 40, 12 Miles - Goose Island to Hannibal Day 41, 23 Miles - Hannibal to Louisiana Day 42, 28 Miles - Louisiana to MM 255 Day 43, 25 Miles - MM 255 to the Illinois river confluence Day 44, 17 Miles - MM 220 to Alton Day 45, Lay over in Alton Day 46, 27 Miles - Alton to St. Louis Day 47, 22 Miles - St. Louis to Hoppies MM158 Day 48, 37 Miles - Hoppies to St. Genevive Day 49, 31 miles - St Genevive to MM 91 Day 50, 36 Miles - MM 89 to Cape Girardeau Day 51, 56 Miles - Cape to 3 Miles below Ohio River Confluence Day 52, 56 Miles - Below Cairo to MM 894, near New Madrid Day 53, 5 Miles - Lay over in New Madrid Day 54, 43 Miles - New Madrid to Caruthersville Day 55, 40 Miles - Caruthersville to MM 806 Day 56, 30 Miles - MM 806 to MM 776 Day 57, 40 Miles - MM 776 to Memphis Day 58-60, Lay over in Memphis Day 61 - Still in Memphis Day 62 - Last day in Memphis Day 63, 33 Miles – Memphis to 2 miles above Tunica Day 64, 45 Miles – Above Tunica to MM 657 (below Helena) Day 65, 48 Miles – MM 657 to Island No. 69 (MM 612) Day 66, 40 Miles – MM 612 to MM 572 Day 67, 27 Miles - MM 575 to MM 548 Day 68, 31 Miles - MM 548 to MM 517 Day 69, 51 Miles - MM 517 to MM 466 Day 70, 23 Miles - MM 466 to MM 443 Day 71, 6 Miles - MM 443 to Vicksburg Day 72 - Lay over in Vicksburg Day 73, 28 miles - Vicksburg to MM 409 Day 74, 46 Miles - MM 409 to Natchez Day 75, 27 Miles - Natchez to MM 336 Day 76, 36 Miles - MM 336 to MM 300 Day 77, 35 Miles – MM 300 to St. Francisville Ferry Day 78, 30 Miles – MM 265 to Baton Rouge Day 79, 41 Miles – Baton Rouge to Bayou Goula (MM 194) Day 80, 43 Miles – MM 194 to MM 151 Day 81, 26 Miles - MM 149 to MM 123 Day 82, MM 123 to Algiers Canal (MM89) Day 83, 12 Miles - Algiers lock to take out Day 84 - Still loading up Mouse over a section of the river or day to see how far and where the Big Getter traveled.
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