For her first canoe and kayak race ever, Ocean Springs resident Dana Robertson chose the Bluz Cruz Marathon, a 22-mile race on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, last year. The conditions were not ideal for a first-time racer--a violent storm front had come through the day before and a brisk northwest breeze made the river awfully bumpy--but Dana didn't seem too perturbed.
This Saturday, a much more seasoned Dana will return to Vicksburg. I'll be there too, along with a few dozen other racers. The river will be significantly lower this year, so I expect the times will be slower as we wind our way through the exposed sandbars. In any case, it's a beautiful section of river, and the people who put the race on are exceptionally nice. So I'm looking forward to this weekend.
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