October 5, 2018. Western Head, Nova nScotia. The Mighty Mississippi.

The Coast Guard has spoken. The upper Mississippi is unsafe for navigation from St. Paul, where we board the boat. Instead we must begin in Memphis. Same time just a different place. They have not told us the itinerary. Perhaps we will go upriver a bit or perhaps we will go up the Ohio. But for us, our already difficult situation got worse. My next month of chemotherapy is being delivered to our hotel in St.Paul so we have no choice. Ken and I will fly commercial to St.Paul on Sunday and stay at the St.Paul hotel. FedEx will deliver the medication on Monday morning. At 5:45 we fly to Memphis to stay at the Peabody Hotel. Tuesday morning we board. It might all work out. Katie has parked the truck in the garage. Three of our cases are in the garage ready to leave. Just one to go, which is Ken's small bag for medications and overnight. All windows are locked. The freezer is almost empty and all leftovers have been eaten. Ken and I are a bit tired of eating them but at least we have not wasted food. Ken commented that our meals this week was a bit like visiting memory lane. Tomorrow, Katie is bringing her daughter to visit us which will be nice. I just must organize Ken's backpack, so I do not have much to do tomorrow except to set the thermostats. And I get to watch some more baseball. We are pretty well set to depart to cruise down the mighty Mississippi River. But now we start in Memphis, which is almost home to Jackson. No matter what, we will enjoy. But first we must get there!!