I’ll be in NYC December 28th to read a selection of short stories and present some photography. If you’re in the area and want to spend some time listening to my adventures, Carolyn and I would love to have you there! We will have matted prints for sale as well, from some of the best […]
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Episode 2: The Basque Country
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Join us on a 500 mile walk across the northern Spanish coastline on the Camino del Norte, a pilgrimage from Irun to Santiago de Compostela. Episode 1: The Beginning
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Vicksburg, MS to The Gulf of Mexico (Burns Point Park, LA) 273 Miles (2,112 Total) We were stopped on a sandbar, the last one for us on the Mississippi River, eating lunch under a canopy of scattered clouds and intense sunshine. It was Day 72 for us, and although we were only at Lower River
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New Madrid, MO to Vicksburg, MS (through Memphis, TN) 450 Miles (1,839 Total) Boredom is when your mind tumbles into a dark, bottomless hole, swirling downward into a black abyss where time stops and the only thing remotely resembling the passing of seconds is the thought of you thinking about how bored you actually are.
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Hannibal, MO to New Madrid, MO (through St. Louis) 374 Miles (1,389 Total) Traveling through the Port of St. Louis was, by far, the riskiest section of river that we’ve paddled through. The Port is 20 miles of non-stop bumper to bumper barge traffic. Load after load of six by two barges go up and
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Andalusia, IL to Hannibal, MO 144 Miles (1,015 Total) It’s been a strange week but we are making progress downriver. My grandmother passed away and I went home to be with family for a few days. My canoeing compadres took a few extra days off and then got back on the water with our friend
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LaCrosse, WI to Andalusia, IL 226 Miles (871 Total) The river is a great many things to a lot of different people. It’s a way to get large loads of coal up to poweplants, a place to spend an afternoon fishing near a shallow bank, a body of water to sail on during a windy
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