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So-long upper Mississippi River, rafting past the last mile marker: 0.8 we’ve joined up with the large Ohio River. The confluence has tons of commercial traffic and industrial areas as this fork in the river connects 15 States. Discovering that the Ohio River accounts for 75% of the rivers’ water outflow, we assumed this would increase our […]

Sunsets, Birds, Arcus Cloud, Heat Wave and a ...

This entry was posted in Arkansas Kentucky Mississippi Journey Missouri Temperature Tennessee Weather and tagged barges birds heat marina Memphis on August 25, 2014

Hello again everyone, and thanks for tuning back for the latest installment of the Barrel Raft Boys journey! Its been a busy few days out here on the river as we get closer and closer to St. Louis (getting really excited!) Passing Hannibal, MO earlier this week, we found out was the starting point for Huckleberry […]

Following Huck Finn down to Alton

This entry was posted in Illinois Mississippi Journey Missouri and tagged Alton food hospitality marina Skully on August 13, 2014

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

This entry was posted in Illinois Iowa Mississippi Journey Wisconsin and tagged Illinois Iowa marina support Wisconsin on July 25, 2014

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?

This entry was posted in Food Minnesota Mississippi Journey Wisconsin and tagged marina may flies Winona on July 20, 2014

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 […]

Day 6 – Winona, MN

This entry was posted in Minnesota Mississippi Journey Wisconsin and tagged docked fishing marina Winona on July 20, 2014

The barrels are submerged, the fishing pole has hit the water and raft is afloat. After hunkering down on Beer Can Island last night, we’ve pushed forward through the St. Croix Lake and are now making our way to Kinnickinnic State Park covering 15 miles total from our launch site in Bayport, MN. Halfway through […]

Day 1 & 2 – Bayport, Beer Can ...

This entry was posted in Minnesota Mississippi Journey Wisconsin and tagged beer can island beginning launch marina on July 15, 2014