Man, you never know what you’ll find when cleaning out old files. I ran across these photos and scanned them yesterday. Took them on a disposable camera in the first few days. Man, we had NO idea what we were getting into!
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Note: I actually got off my butt and dusted off my Mississippi River book manuscript today for some long-ignored editing. Enjoy -JP July 25, 2005 Mile 2,140 Atchafalaya River Fisherman Today was rough. In order to make some big miles before dark, we stumbled out of the tent and were on the river by 4:30 a.m. From what [...] A friend of mine sent me this link to the Down the Mississippi article series from the Telegraph (UK.) Great stuff in this series, and plenty of stuff to chew on. The photos and videos brought back alot of memories of our trip down the river in 2005. The writer, Toby Harnden, is on Twitter as [...] Here’s a small list of Mississippi River Conservation and Recreation groups you might want to check out. There’s plenty more out there, and feel free to contact me with their info so I can add them as well.
Here are a list of webcams for the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Everyone need a little river fix once in awhile! Mississippi River Webcams Algiers Point, New Orleans Missouri River Webcams Gary Cooper Bridge, I-15, Milepost 242 This is one of my favorite photos of the trip. It was taken 60 days into the journey, somewhere in between Memphis and Vicksburg, on July 14, 2005. The weather was scorching, we were getting worn down, and we’d just taken a few days off to dodge Hurricane Dennis. By this point, we still had [...] I’m being especially nostalgic for the Mississippi River today. Four years ago we paddled our canoe into Red Wing, Minnesota. Red Wing was a planned stop for us, and we took a day off to hang out with one of Jessica’s friends from Americorp. It also gave us a chance to dry out our gear, [...] No surprises here. The Mississippi River basin is an incredible ecosystem, with the river acting as a 2,300-mile superhighway for migratory species. The Upper Mississippi area was awash with eagles, herons, egrets, red-wing blackbirds when we started down the river in May, 2005. In introducing his top 10, author Kenn Kaufman of Ohio, wrote: “Incongruous as [...] I’ve received a few emails about this recently, so here’s the deal. It depends on who you ask. According to the National Park Service, every agency has a different estimation. The sign post the beginning of the river in Lake Itasca State Park says 2, 552 miles. The U.S. Geologic Survey gives 2,300 miles. The EPA [...]
-June 5, 2005 Chances are I’m jumping in anytime there’s a good swimming hole around. Nothing else gets the blood moving like jumping into the water wearing nothing but your birthday suit. Yes, I’m a skinny dipping addict. Last night I went swimming au naturale for the first time since we’ve been on [...] This is one of my favorite photos of our trip down the Mississippi River. We’d just finished packing the canoe and were getting ready to put in. I was thinking “what in the hell have I gotten myself into?” It took us 73 days to paddle the 2,200 miles down to the Gulf of Mexico. The [...] I gotta try noodling sometime. Noodlin’, hoggin’, and grabbin’, all refer to hand fishing for catfish. No rod, no reel, no nothing. Basically you dive down, reach into a hole where a catfish is hiding, let it clamp down on one of your hands, then pull them him of the water. Some of these flathead [...] Here’s a few of the bridges we paddled under while on the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers. I always looked forward to getting to a bridge. You could see many of them from miles away, but paddling close to them gave me a better perspective of the size of those things. It was always cool to [...] OK, I like to paddle and all, but this is a bit brisk for me! A few folks around Minneapolis start off the New Year by sliding their kayaks off the ice and into the Mississippi River. Check out the dude practicing his roll at 1:12. Brrrr! OK, so I’m kind of a slacker when it comes to getting disposable cameras back to the photo lab. Finally took a handful of these things in and man, there were some cool photos on them! Trail Days, 2003 Trail Days, 2003, Ox and Johnny Swank (John- younger and no beard) Getting Soaked Outside of Minneapolis Floodgates Opening St. Anthony’s [...] |
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