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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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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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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