by Staff | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
Last November, as part of our canoe trip down the Mississippi River from Memphis to the Gulf of Mexico, I was in Vicksburg, Mississippi with Cody Presny and Haley Brasile of Amongst the Current and my paddling partner, Bito Beitzel. My friend, Jerico LeFort, is a...
by Staff | Dec 21, 2016 | Blog
Bummer. Grassroots Grocery would not open for another hour, yet I had told the paddlers I would grab sandwiches and local fruit before meeting them. I called to see if the new manager was at the store yet. SHE WAS! After a breezy stop by the cozy co-op, I proceeded...
by Staff | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
https://1mississippi.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20160626_171328.mp4 “Tanner, would you like to get on the water—a 15-minute canoe ride?” my friend, Greg Poleski, asked as I scrambled to get my booth ready for Race for the Rivers Festival 2016. Greg was...
by Staff | May 31, 2016 | Blog
****! I slept in, missing my 7:30 alarm and waking up at 8:05 A.M. I had planned to make it to a Missouri River Relief trash clean-up that was an hour away at 9 A.M. At first, I rolled over and considered falling back to sleep for another hour and just going to the...
by Staff | May 31, 2016 | Blog
The mighty Mississippi is MY River. It is YOUR River, as well. Have you ever spent a day watching the mighty Mississippi roll along its path from Minnesota to Louisiana? It is quite a sight. The sheer strength of the Mississippi is something to behold. Everyone should...
