Day 46 -Tennessee baby!!!

A beautiful day on the river overall minus the heat. We did 51 miles of paddling today. We stopped by a town name New Madrid. It is, by far, the most wonderful town with the friendliest people in the world.  We met three people at the boat ramp offering to give us ride into town to shop for food. We took the offer from one gentleman and before we left, he told the cop to watch the boat for us so nobody would mess with our stuff. When we got to the store we picked up more food supply and water and wanted to buy more but thought it might be too heavy to carry it back to the boat. The store owner overheard our concern and offered to give us a ride back to our boat. We were so grateful of all the kindness we've received and had a little heartfelt sentimental moment. I thought to myself how interesting it is that people often don’t know the effect they have on other people with just a suggestion, a smile, a word, a nod of approval or even something as innocent as a gesture, especially to those who's been away from home for quite some time. Anyhow, that was the highlight of our day. Before we departed New Madrid, we met a local newspaper reporter at the boat ramp. He took some pictures of us to publish on the front page of The Weekly Record, New Madrid's local newspaper. We paddled into Tennessee today, can't wait to get to Memphis this Thursday, latest Friday.

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Day 46 - mm 862, Tennessee baby
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