Loading up at Itasca State Park
Put-in at Itasca State Park
First strokes
Canoe in Headwaters
Low Bridge
Low Bridge
Jack Links
Wrong Turn in Wetlands
Chipmonk
View from Wanagan Landing, MN
First Campsite
Frosty Morning
Lunch stop
Lunch stop
View of the river
Rivergrass
Cold start to the trip
Paul Bunyon - Bemidji, MN
Juvenile Bald Eagle
Taking a break
Porcupine
Pelicans
Calm morning
Jess Sailing
Cooking in the Wind
Lunch
Typical Lunch
Jess in Bow
Wash Day - Cohasset, MN
Early Bluffs
Pocketmail update
Portage
John
Forestry Station Bar and Grill, Jaconsen, MN
Loading up, Jacobson, MN
Jess's New Back Massager
Palisade, MN
Attack Dog
Clear Day
Dept. of Natural Resources
Little Falls, MN
Birds
Flood Stage
Portage through Cornfield
Future Canoeists
Upper St. Anthony's Fall - Minneapolis, MN
Yellow Lichen?
Food Buckets
Jess in bow
Post-flash flood, Fountain City,WI
Iowa Border
I
O
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A - IOWA!
Desoto, WI
Algae
Campsite
Jess in Repose
National River Museum Exhibit
View from Dubuque, IA
Lilly Belle
Camp Chores
Petit Belle
Broken Fingernail
Cormorants
3 Guys on a Raft
Living Large on a Raft
Taking a Break
Snack?
Mayfly Swarm
Rush hour in Canton, MO
Giving interview in Hannibal, MO
Bingo Queen
Hitchhiker
Missouri River Confluence
Missouri Confluence
Portaging Chain of Rocks, St. Louis
Chain of Rocks
St. Louis Arch
Setting up Camp
Still smiling
Life is good
Muggy Camp
Stairway to Lunch
Camping on the Moon
John gets a paddle lesson
Delta Queen, Cape Girardeau, MO
Putting out a brush fire
Calm afternoon
Water
Desolate campsite
Waking up
Ohio Confluence
Jess - Ohio River Confluence
Good morning to paddle
Scouting the area
Red Nun Buoy
Kneedeep in silt
Memphis, TN
Mud Island, Memphis, TN
Loooong hike for water
Mermaid on canoe
Butterfly Navigator
Paddling through oily foam
Dead fish
IMG_1410
Calm before the storm
Observation Tower
Waiting for the storm
Break time
Vicksburg, MS
Buddies on John's Hat
Happy to be alive!
Dance Party
Jumping over the River
Great Sunset
Battened down for storm
Somebody's Dinner
Footprints
Barges
Lock to the Atchafalaya river
Time to Eat
Cows in Atchafalaya River
Floating Home
Waiting out the heat
Waiting out the heat II
New friend - Atchafalaya River
Graveyard
Graveyard II
Morgan City, LA
Latin Corner Restaurant, Morgan City, LA
Big Storm Coming
Last Sunset
The End, Sweetwater Bay, LA
Jess - Sweetwater Bay, LA
Atchafalaya River Bayou
Last time out of the water, Morgan City, LA
Taking the canoe out
Finished!
Last Portage!
Time to Celebrate
Heading home
Interview-Raleigh, NC