Comments on: The first miles….

By: Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:03:41 +0000

I just found your site here by going thru Facebook. Haven’t seen the videos but am looking foward to them. I have plans to do this very same trip beginning in mid-May, 2012 after I have retired. I will be doing it solo. My only concern has been the headwaters area as they look to be confusing in many places as far as what is the right course to take. I have been using Google Earth to get a good idea of what that will be like. Thanks for posting this I am sure it will be a big help for me as I get my plans together. I will let you know when I get started and after I finish how it went. Where are you from?

By: Eberhard Bergler

Eberhard Bergler — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:01:52 +0000

Hello Karl,
Haven’t looked at your web site for a few month as we toured around Alaska this summer. Somehow we thought you might be coming around one of the rivers up there, but of course I know now you had to go back to the Mississippi to finish the trip. I looked at it all, but the last entry is from April 2009, so the question is: Did you finish it all? I saw when you got into Bemidji, so that was all.
Hope you are doing well and we wish you a happy 2010
Eberhard and Monika from Vancouver, BC

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:36:37 +0000

Good for you Karl and good travels and sites your way, as a avid kayaker I see your reasoning of the trips and views of the world…best travels.
Eric

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:25:31 +0000

I am also leaving the first week in June in a Eddyline Nighthawk 16. The videos were a great help ’specially the Lake Winnebigoshish episode.

By: Greg Dunning (aka Musselman)

Greg Dunning (aka Musselman) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:43:59 +0000

Are there any more videos to be posted?
Are you planning to go back to finish the river this year?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:22:47 +0000

Karl,

I am leaving to do the whole river in June. Along the way I have arranged four voulenteer opputunities in each state. Your videos are grat and give me an idea what to look foward to. Any tips you have would be great. I’m a little worried about getting lost in the head waters was this a major concern for you?

By: kim

kim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:48:42 +0000

hey, its great what you are doing. Your video makes everyone feel they are taking the trip with you. May God Bless You and have a wonderful journey.

By: John Mac

John Mac — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:28:04 +0000

Hitting myself upside the head!!!

Karl, I just recalled- as I hit the submit button- you know exactly what the river is like. I realized that being from St Louis you have seen the barge traffic and must already be aware of the difficulties.

Please excuse my error.

None-the-less, a different craft may very well bring you much more security on big rough waters.

By: John Mac

John Mac — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:21:39 +0000

Karl,

I have just come upon your videos while searching YouTube for good canoeing stories and wow!

Having completed a similar journey myself, I was quite intrigued by what you share. I will return to this site in the following months to see how the next legs of your trip are taken.

I have one recommendation you may want to consider. When you get much further south the river is much wider and the barge traffic will be substantial. Conditions will get rougher in a flat bottom canoe such as the one you have been using and for that reason I suggest you look into a different boat.

I had very good results with my We-No-Nah Encounter.

Best wishes and be sure to keep the open side up,

John Mac

By: Jen out in the NW

Jen out in the NW — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:00:08 +0000

Hey Uncle!

What are a marvellous idea. Thanks for the inspiration!
If you decide to tackle the rivers of the NW next, give me a shout!

Jen (Cameron’s sister)