here is route of friend from st. louis Posted by: paddletothesea on Feb-14-11 10:36 AM (EST)
once he departed st. louis on sept 19th, he paddled the route below solo and arrived at the atlantic ocean on xmas day.....so about 95 days etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River ( only a couple days on this before entering the Tennesse river http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Tennessee_River ( look at the small gap between this map and the one below....i.e short portage etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_River