Tag Archive for river

The Real Reason We’re Here

Naturally, the adventure down the river, the playful interactions of…

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A Brief Visit to Harper’s Ferry and a Mysterious Man

We meet a mysterious man in a historic town, but…

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An Unexpected Accident, Clamming Goldrush, and Bald Eagles in Lansing

A breakfast disaster, repairs, an interview with a clammer, and…

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The Night of the Biblical Plagues

We try to be just and virtuous people, but God…

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Inside the Shantyboat through the Driftless Area

A tour of the shantyboat and the Misssissippi's unique Driftless…

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Karen Galema, Mississippi River fisherman [video]

Karen Galema in her life has been a fisherman, an…

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Shantyboat Guys New Episodes!

On the shantyboat we are 24 hours in each other's…

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Introducing The Shantyboat Guys!

A few years ago when I was working on the…

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Artist and shantyboat captain Wes Modes relaxes in the johnboat on the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota.

Fellow Workers

I was sitting with Jeremiah in the Donboat under a…

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The Story of the Donboat

We brought the Painted Pig, a small johnboat we bought…

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Louise and the Winona Backwaters

A promised date with Louise results in a shantyboat tour…

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Two Prairie Island Indian Community Interviews

I had the tremendous honor of interviewing two members of…

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A Word About Hazel Dog

Of course you know our ships hound Hazel. Did you…

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Showing Off the Shantyboat in the Twin Cities

We were fortunate to have the opportunity to exhibit twice…

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Two Great Interviews in the Twin Cities

All and all, it was an amazing and emotionally exhausting…

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An Afternoon Thunderstorm [AUDIO]

A summer rainstorm blows in while we are in the…

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Down to St. Paul and Out in a Storm

A lock and dam, a sacred place, and then out…

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Jessica Bierbrauer and the Future River

Jessica Bierbrauer, director of the Great River Road Visitor &…

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Jessica Bierbrauer and Lost History

Jessica Bierbrauer, director of the Great River Road Visitor &…

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Kali Arlene and Latsch Island

Kali Arlene, Latsch Island boathouse resident in Winona MN, talks…

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(Frozen) Water Under the Bridge

A week on the Mississippi River in the dead of…

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Ice Fishing Shack on Lake Winona [Video]

One of my goals in returning to the Upper Mississippi…

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La Crosse Boathouses [Video]

Down in La Crosse for the day, I hung out…

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Ice on Frog Slough [Video]

The other day I had just finished talking to the…

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Experiments with Multimedia [Video]

The production team and I are working on cutting various…

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Shipmates Sebastian Muellauer and Monica Haller relax on a warm day on the Mississippi River near Dubuque, Iowa.

Lauren Donovan and the Creepy Guy [VIDEO]

Lauren Donovan, who kayaked the length of the Mississippi River…

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Sunset on the Sacramento Delta [VIDEO]

A relaxing evening at sunset from a recent trip on…

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Beautiful People I’ve Interviewed

With help from numerous people who work and live on…

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PA’s Diary #2, lovingly entitled A Leaf on the Wind

The Production Assistant's report, a lock and dam, a cute…

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This River Life Drawing to a Close

For weeks and miles people have been asking us, "How…

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Brownsville Boathouses

After La Crosse, we made our way down to Brownsville…

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Jim Ehrsam and Other People Not Interviewed

On the day before we were leaving La Crosse I…

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Charming La Crosse, Wisconsin and a Theory About the Uneven Distribution of Social Capital

A sprained ankle, a man in a bowler hat, charming…

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Into the Storm on the Open River

Unless we survive this storm. We are anchored on a…

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A Fog Brings to Mind Huck and Jim

We wake to a fog and make our way finally…

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Stuck on a Sandbar, Civil Defense, and Flying Predators

While making our way downriver, we saw lots of barges…

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A Watery Death on Lake Pepin Narrowly Averted

The sun was shining and the wind was still and…

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A High Speed Water Chase, Flyswatting, and Madness

We venture on to Lake Pepin where we encounter both…

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Engine Solutions, Party in the Lock, River Days, and a 97 Year Old Woman

More of the generosity of strangers in Prescott, WI and…

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Lauren Donovan on Nearly Drowning at Lock 11 [Video]

Lauren Donovan, who kayaked the length of the Mississippi River…

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Mike’s Shantyboat

Mike Mosedale is a great fella I met in St.…

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Engine Troubles, Burger Lexicon, A Theft, and Much Generosity

St. Paul, MN to Prescott, WI and the many awesome…

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Peter Rachleff on the Creativity of Poor People [Video]

Peter Rachleff, Professor of History, talks about how poor people…

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First Few Days on the River

We’ve had our first few days on the river. We…

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Living on the Shantyboat

Here are a few shantyboat details minutes before our departure…

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Send Off Party

Our Minneapolis friends are organizing us a Shantyboat Send Off…

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Shantyboat Runabout [video]

Today we powered up Mr. Johnson and motored about in…

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Shantyboat Open House

Drop on by to check out the Shantyboat, share stories,…

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The Secret History Shantyboat is Afloat

This afternoon after two years of building, months of planning,…

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Minneapolis Reconnaissance

I have been in Minneapolis for the last week doing…

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We Turn To The River – 2014 Trailer [VIDEO]

The Secret History lyrical trailer from the talented Lauren Kincaid-Filbey…

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A Collection of Photos from a Non-Shantyboat River Float

I took a two-week break from building the shantyboat to…

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