[Rhodes22-list] Mississippi River

[Brad Haslett]

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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