Whoo-Whoop! #2

Mighty Quapaw Best of 2021 (Part 2)

River Time, LMRD #856, Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan 17, 2022

…Continuing down the river in 2021, with paddles up and respect to all peoples and all creation, you might see yourself in one of these photos, if you look closely, or maybe the island you camped on with us, or the canoe you paddled in. Sending a Mighty Quapaw “Whoo-whoop!” from the river-rat team at Quapaw Canoe Company.

Layne Logue (Quapaw Vicksburg) with river guides Solange and Jean-Canôt

We celebrated birthdays…

Water Opossum Layne Logue gets special treatment on his special day, March 16th, with the Bird-Dog BBQ Quapaws and Mark “River” Peoples

Mississippi River Summer Camp (Robin Ladner, leading Boys Camp 2021 —partnership with the Lower Mississippi River Foundation)

And outdoors education…

Spring Initiative Canoe Rodeo #2 — learning to captain a canoe is like learning to drive. You gain the ability to go places you never have been able to go! (in partnership with The Lower Mississippi River Foundation)

The Freedom of Learning to Steer Your Own Canoe…

Needlenose Gar trapped in blue hole, Jackson Academy Girls Camp

The magic of touching and fostering the survival of all creation…

Jackson Academy Girls Camp sets free a Gar that was trapped in blue hole

Adventure stewardship of our beloved Mississippi River…

Adult Mississippi Map Turtle. Some cultures see the universe on the back of a turtle shell. Experience leads us to feel the same way.

She is our Queen…

Mississippi River Summer Boys Camp Camp 2021 (partnership with the Lower Mississippi River Foundation)

We are her worker bees…

Ongoing partnership with Visit Clarksdale for outdoor-oriented journalists

Into the Brilliant Light…

The “Quapaw Queens” celebrating a Sandbar Birthday

with birthdays…

Manchester Academy Runs a Race to the River (photo: Jean-Canôt)

High School Daytrips…

Portrait of artist Michael Davidson, Spring 2021 Artist’s Retreat

Artist Retreats…

Design on the belly of a Baby Mississippi Map Turtle (alive)

Witness to the vitality of creation…

Baby Mississippi Map Turtle (found dead)

Artistic documentation of all creation…

Yoga Retreat with yogi Erin Mulligan

Yoga Retreats…

Jean Canôt, Mark River and Solange add seats to Junebug I Canoe — for Big Muddy Mike, and our friends at Big Muddy Adventures, St. Louis

(…whooops! We’ve hit limit on this mailer…. Best of 2021 will be continued tomorrow with Whoo-whoop! #3…)

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