re: Psychos PADDLE Down the Length of the Mississippi

I’ve been on the Mississippi from New Orleans to Minneapolis. It’s much different when you get to Iowa. There’s spots with no levies and homes with backyards that back right up to the river. A lot more recreational boating up that way and beaches where people swim in the river.
You’d have to get out and go around the locks and dams in the upper river, and the weaker current would require more paddling.
Once you get south of Cairo, the current will guide you straight. You’re prolly just trying not to get turned sideways or flip.