Whoo-Whoop! #5

Mighty Quapaw Best of 2021 (Part 5)

River Time, LMRD #859, Thursday, Jan 20, 2022

Last installment. We do hope you enjoyed this 5-part journey — the long, meandering adventure of Quapaw Canoe Company in 2021, flowing down the river with a look over our shoulders, back upstream to where we came from…

The Amazing River Nurses strike the Beat

The river seems to bring out the best in friendship…

So grab your bag…

And your friends…

And come join us on the banks of the river…

Artist’s Retreat 2021 - following back channels at the mouth of the Arkansas River

Pick out a route…

Artist’s Retreat 2021 - Arkansas Bar

Pick out a Camp Site…

Photo: Jean-Canôt

The friendships forever flowing…

The pencils and paintbrushes forever flowing…

Rainy Day Canoe Workshop, renovating Junebug I for Big Muddy Adventures with new gunnels and seats, after 10 years of service in St. Louis!

The sandpaper and hand-carving tools…

And push off the shore…

into the mystery below…

the flowing forever flowing…

And we’ll take you there!

Quapaw Canoe Company: opening pathways into the wild waterways of the Lower Mississippi River. Now planning 2022. Call or write, and we’ll set it up!

Happy Ca-New Year Y’all!

Photo: Mimi Hurley

The wild wonders of The Lower Mississippi River…

No one but you…. the sky…. the river… and the rest of Creation!

This concludes our 2021 recap… “Paddles Up!” and a Mighty Quapaw “Whoo-whoop!” from the river-rat team at Quapaw Canoe Company. Feel free to share, but also please credit appropriately. Photos and paintings by Chief of Many Hats, John Ruskey, except where otherwise noted.

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“May the River be with You” in 2022!

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