Pop-Up Community Canoe
Sat, Aug 20, 1-5pm
This Saturday — Share some Big River Fun and fellowship — with your community!
Also in this issue: 1) Rinker Buck: tonight 6pm at Square Books, for his “Life on the Mississippi,” 2) Dale Sanders Graybeard breaking another world record on the Mississippi, and 3) “Mississippi” Matthew Burdine in Memphis Flyer: We Saw You: Take Me to the River: Matthew Burdine guides river tours with his Mississippi River Expeditions.
Lower Mississippi River Dispatch No. 877
"Voice of the Lower Mississippi River"
Clarksdale, MS ~ Memphis, TN ~ Vicksburg, MS
Saturday, Aug 20: Pop-Up Community Canoe, 1-5pm
Saturday, Aug 20, meet 1pm at Quapaw Canoe Company in downtown Clarksdale. Sunny and warm, possible showers, high of 91. Be prepared for it all! Advance reservations required. 6 minimum, 18 maximum. 1-5pm, $50 each, $25 educators, free for kids under 18 y/o. All paddle together, no previous experience necessary, but must be willing to paddle, and must wear life jacket! Made possible in partnership with the Lower Mississippi River Foundation. See below for complete details.
Quapaw Canoe Company Fall 2022 Schedule: 3-day Yoga Retreat with yogi Erin Mulligan (Sept 9-11), Magic on the Mississippi with Dave & Emma Cornthwaite (Oct 16-23), Harmonica Jam Camp (Sept 20-24) and another wonderful season of the Community Canoe (Aug 20, Sept 3, Oct 8, Nov 26, and Dec 10), and a daytrip with the Mississippi River State Park (Oct 9).
A community that canoes together, stays together: the balance of the canoe is a life lesson for balance, teamwork, and harmony.
Community Canoe Trips ~ Fall 2022
~~~Satruday Aug 20, Sept 3, Oct 8, Nov 26, and Dec 10~~~
Monthly Adventures to Historic Mississippi River Archipelago in Voyageur Canoes
***Made possible by the deep, dedicated vision of the Lower Mississippi River Foundation***
Click here for making your annual contribution — and help keep the dream alive!
Tonight! Thursday, August 18, 2022 - Square Books, Oxford, MS, — 6:00pm — Rinker Buck in conversation with John Ruskey for Life on the Mississippi
The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand “flatboat era” of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America’s first western frontier.
Guinness World Record Attempt - Dale Sanders: Oldest to Paddle Entire Mississippi River
***At the age of 87, Dale intends to enter the Guinness World Record Book once again, as the oldest person to ever paddle the entire length of the Mississippi River. He will start from its source at Lake Itasca, MN all the way to the salt water in the Gulf of Mexico, around 2340 miles!!! Paddlers generally call it a "Source to Sea" paddle. Dale will be paddling a "NorthWind SOLO" Northstar Canoes canoe. He hopes to finish in 87 days, on September 8, 2022. You will be able to follow Dale with SPOT Tracker. If you feel like it, join Dale for a spell. But remember you are on your own. ***Disclaimer - Dale and team takes no responsibility and you will have to make all your own shuttle, paddle, camping, eating, etc arrangements. In other words - just show up using GPS ready to paddle.***
Greybeard: The Documentary: A film by Zak Rivers in association with Wilderness Mindset (Alex Maier and Amy Robin)
Dale "GREYBEARD" Sanders will be taking on the entire length of the Mississippi River by canoe, in attempt to break the Guinness world record as the oldest human to do so.... AGAIN! While Dale makes his attempt, he will have a film crew following him along the way. Although Dale is attempting this Guinness world record, the film will be covering much more. They will take an in depth look at Dale and his life. His accomplishments, his downfalls, his ability to stay optimistic and agile. In other words the good, the bad, and the ugly. We invite you to follow along with the journey on our facebook page Greybeard: The Documentary
From the Memphis Flyer: We Saw You: Take Me to the River: Matthew Burdine guides river tours with his Mississippi River Expeditions.
