[Rhodes22-list] Mississippi River

[Mary Lou Troy]

Another good one is "On the Water: Discovering America in a Row Boat" 
by Nathaniel Stone. Stone rowed a great circle from NY to NO and then 
around Florida. It's a good read and the to me the most compelling 
parts were the Ohio and Mississippi. There's a review of the book here:
http://www.elise.com/books/el/archives/on_the_water_nathaniel_stone.php

Mary Lou


At 04:34 PM 5/11/2008, you wrote:
>Slim,
>
>Here are two "must read" books about the trip you are thinking about:
>"Mississippi Solo" by Eddie Harris and "Old Glory" by Jonathan Raban.
>
>Harris and Raban both did the Mississippi from the source to the Gulf.
>Harris is a black dude from St. Louis who also got a 'bug up his ass' to do
>a "roots" tour and walked the entire continent of Africa and told the story
>in "Native Stranger".  Raban is an Englishman who has lived and written
>extensively about the US.  He is also an accomplished sailor and has written
>many a good sailing tale.
>
>Do It!  (we'll feed you in Memphis on the way)
>
>Brad
>
>On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey Rod and Mary,
> >
> > Have you ever taken a trip down the river?  Mary Ann and I have always
> > fantasized about a Mississippi voyage.  Do you think this would be doable
> > on
> > an R22?  There's lots of towns along the way to stop and visit and you
> > could
> > beach almost anywhere.  It's a commercial waterway and so it's main channel
> > is maintained at a 12 foot minimum.   We'd go down but not back up.  We'd
> > have to arrange someone to meet us with a trailer somewhere downstream.
> >  One
> > downside is that I wouldn't really want to swim in it.  Any thoughts
> > anyone?
> >
> > Huckleberry Slim
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