Max and I are back at it. Last year, after 41 days on the river we took a break in our journey south of St Louis, MO, due to extreme heat. We’ve made a decision to gradually complete our goal of paddling all 2300 miles of the river, from the Headwaters of the river at … More Paddling the Mississippi Continues – Lake Itasca (the headwaters)to Bemidji
Learning From Giants I’ve had four very successful international school headships over the past two decades. I’m fortunate to be able to say I hold the longest serving tenure as a school head at two of those schools, while I provided successful leadership during political, economic, and labor crises, a sexual abuse crisis, a natural … More Learning From Giants
It’s amazing how time flies! I can’t believe that just two and a half months ago Max and I were paddling down the Mississippi River getting up to over 40 days and 1,300 miles covered. Back to reality for me and back to school for Max. … More Donating to the Care to the Least Center
This podcast was recorded before we started the trip but only just recently published. It is hosted by Dan Taylor and John Mikton and is an interview with Max and I. Hope you enjoy! … More International Schools Podcast
The hardest day so far in extremely challenging conditions followed by a trip to the hospital! We then had to make the hard decision not to continue the trip for safety reasons. … More Day 40 and 41
Two well earned rest days around the 4th July which we spent with my brother-in-late, Jeff Kirsch. Then it was back on the river and having to deal with the hot weather. … More Day 37 – 39
Two fairly comfortable days and a rest day in between made possible by putting in some extra miles earlier. Things to note are the snakes we are seeing, a baby raccoon, golf carts and opening resupply packages like it’s Christmas! … More Days 34 – 36
Three more good days taking us past the 1,000 mile mark for the trip. We got to see some Mark Twain sights and are putting up with flying carp! Hopefully we’re past our last lock now – next stop St. Louis. … More Days 31 – 33
Three good days from Moline to Quincy, Illinois but leaving Iowa on our right and heading in to Missouri, our 5th State! The Mississippi Angels are a group of people who help out people on the river and we met up with even more of them over these days. Great people! … More Days 28 to 30
We said goodbye to Kirstin for the last time until the trip ends and then met some nice people along the way. Some good weather, some bad, lots of barges to contend with and a snake! … More Days 23 to 25 (27)
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