The journal and photos of my Mississippi River Canoe trip appear in this section in three subsections, for ease of reading. They are:
Lake Itasca to Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minneapolis-St. Paul to St. Louis
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The Urge to be Someplace Else 
Hi Ron,
I just finished up a 16,000 mile bicycle trip that took me around entire US border.Now,I’m planning on my next adventure,kayaking the Mississippi.
Your blog was a real pleasure to read as I know the feeling of being on an extended trip and the loneliness it entails.However,I would never have traded a moment for a chance to meet the great,helpful people along the way.
I was thinking of trying to put a small group of like minded paddlers my age(58) to do the trip in the spring of next year.Do you have any suggestions how I might go about looking for adventurous folks like myself?
Thank you in advance for any information that could be helpful,
Mark
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Try putting some feelers out on these three river-related facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MississippiRiverPaddlers/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/369247963153186/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/707233279324256/
rivergator.org would be another place to start connecting with folks. I’d also look at the webpages of some of the major paddling magazines and outfitting shops as they may have mechanisms for meeting up with folks who want to do some long-distance paddling. Stay in touch and let me know if you end up doing it and if I think of anything else I’ll let you know.
Ron
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