Wisconsin
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 […]
Iowa has a river? Day 9
22 Last night we decided to call it an early night and camp just a few miles north of LaCrosse. Even though it put us behind our milage quota for the day, it was nice to pull off and enjoy a great sunset We were tucked away on a small sand island right across the town […]
Day 8 – Crossing through La Crosse
31 Rob couldn’t understand why he wasn’t hungry this morning, until he pulled a wing and tail from his mouth. After hatching late last night, mayflies have plagued our vessel!These insects, Mayflies or shadflies, have a very short adult lifespan living from a only few hours to a day. Some consider this good luck, others use them for bait, BarrelRaftBoys use […]
Who Needs Breakfast When You Have Mayflies?
20 As our first weekend on the river, we decided to stop in Winona, MN after shacking up for the night just above Lock #5A. After swiftly cruising through this Lock at 9:45, we docked up in the Winona Marina to have some quality time off the raft. Taking a minute to drop a line in […]