Surfing the Great Flood of 2011.  Winterville Mounds 1-2pm: 300 mile long Canoe Adventure from Memphis to Vicksburg riding the crest of the Great Flood of 2011 from May 16th – May 19th with guide John Ruskey, writer W. Hodding Carter & photographer Christopher LaMarca. Documenting the islands, the bridges, the hunting camps, the landings, and what remained of the landscape of the Lower Mississippi Valley in the highest water ever recorded in Vicksburg & Natchez, and the biggest volume water ever recorded on the Lower Miss.