The Phatwater on the Natchez gauge today is 45.71′, more than ten feet above where it stood on our last reportage, on the 18th of March.  ’Tis a pity we can’t get out there this weekend for a BluzCruz warmup, but domesticity prevails.  I’m trying to become a good neighbor, which is to say I’m [...]

35.05′ is the level of the Phatwater on the Natchez gauge at the moment.  The Red River discharge, far beyond our border, should keep us in a very wet state of affairs for some time to come, so we’ll be hoping to have a high speed ride on the BluzCruz (Pronounced Bluz•Cruz) into Vicksburg, April [...]

Greetings, Saturday was fantastic.  The weather here in the deep South was superb for the first running of the Battle-On-The-Bayou Canoe and Kayak race, hosted by the City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, South Coast Paddle Sports, and Kayakaholics, and directed by Phatwater first timers Damien Rumery and Nick Kinderman.  I cannot offer enough praise. The [...]

Although the Mississippi is on a fall, at 41.27′, the Phatwater on the Natchez gauge is still six feet above where it stood a year ago.  This made for a substantial head current as we paddled to Rifle Point yesterday on a rare, Sun-blazed afternoon of moderate temps. As of this minute, we are again [...]