River Time: Lower Mississippi River Dispatch

River Time: Lower Mississippi River Dispatch

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Wanbli Dancing Eagle
Willow Bill Western Red Cedar Dugouts down the Mississippi River!
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Ladybug Canoe ~ Open Seats Next 3 Weeks ~ Cairo, Memphis, Natchez, Baton Rouge
Pick & Choose Dates and Section of River
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The "Keith Kirkland"
Introducing our newest canoe, an 18'4" Mad River Lamoille, now named for dear friend and wilderness aficionado, Keith Kirkland, 1957-2025
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Paddleways of Mississippi
2025 Great Reads from Great Places
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June 2025

Down River with Huck & Jim, James and Mary Anne
Wilderness Canoe Adventure and Seminar on the Lower Mississippi River Oct 12-19, 2025, from Clarksdale, MS
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Mid-Summer Milky Way New Moon
This Week: All-Night Milky Way Star-Chaser Adventure with Astrophotographer Walt Busby and expert guiding by the Mighty Quapawz!
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In Service of our Queen
653 photos featuring highlights from our last 5 years of activity in service of our Queen, the Lower Mississippi River... (audio begins around 1:26)
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Summer 2025 Mississippi Rivergator & Wild Miles Expedition
30-day expedition: July 15th to Aug 15th Ohio River to Gulf of Mexico
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Full Strawberry Moon
Lowest Moon in 37 years -- "Major Lunar Standstill"
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I could do this every day!
Scenes from the LMRF 2025 Mississippi River Summer Leadership Canoe Camp
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Wild Heart of the Lower Mississippi River
5-6pm today! Live slide show, music, and narration from our past 5 years of adventures, projects, experiences
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Largest Explosion since the Big Bang
Supermassive Black Hole eats a Star some 3-to-10 times the Sun’s Mass -- did anyone else experience?
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