Iowa
29 The epic saga continues for the boys as Missouri is just off in the distance. Since we’ve last posted, the boys have cruised a solid 75 miles, hunkered down in a ridiculous storm and putted in on fumes to our last marina. With a strong northernly wind and our trusty Evinrude motor, we flew through the […]
The Epic Saga of the BarrelRaftBoys
17 Once Rob woke up from his nightmare about the men in black and unexploded bomb beaches, he realized it was dream. Coming to, he saw a beautiful still morning in the harbor of Lindsay Park Yacht Club, one of the oldest yacht clubs on the Mississippi River. Hearing the fish jump out of the water […]
Quad Cities
25 This post might be a death wish, but somebody needs to know whats going on here…Today started like any other day on the river. We started floating just after dawn and made breakfast as the sun rose, thinking today was going to be a great day. Well…it was, until we took a wrong turn somewhere and found […]
Not Your Average Day
26 Dubuque Iowa is fun place that we are glad we didn’t miss. We listened to music at Rock the Dock, biked up Mount Carmel for some overlook scenic views and walked through the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium. After spending a couple hours fishing in the marina, Rob ended up with only one silver fish…he fried […]
Wind, Water and Wriver snakes!
25 Steady as she goes, a strong Mississippi current pulled us through the southerly winds today averaging 4 miles per hour. Again we relied on our outboard to kick “homemade windsail” through another lake with a stiff breeze. All in all, its another brick in the wall. The 16 barrel makeshift raft has traveled 240 miles from […]
Day 10 – Where Raft Meets River
33 Started today at the crack of dawn. We were floating before the sun came up, so we were able to see this beautiful sight from the water! What we forgot to mention yesterday is that we clocked a record..43 MILES in one day. Needless to say, we felt pretty dang good about that and decided […]
Day Something or Other
35 Early this morning our raft floated across the Minnesota – Iowa border officially making us feel like we’ve made progress. This Iowa bald eagle was scouting out his breakfast while welcoming us to his state. That ones for you, Leon! Hope you’re feeling better! The boys made a gas, beverage and night crawler stop in a quaint town […]