http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log Three Leaf paddles 2,000 miles through the heart of America. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:08:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, we've made it. It has been a long and amazing adventure, now 53 days later we are in New Orleans. We arrived in the city late last night after running a gauntlet of ocean cruisers, barges, and even a battleship. The last few days have been a surreal mix ... http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=23 We've made it to Louisiana, although currently posting from the Mississippi side of the river. Natchez seems like a great town so far and we're in the public library here. The weather has been beautiful the last few days and we've been making great time, about 50 miles a day. ... http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=22 We apologize for the long interval between this and the last update, but hopefully all the pictures will make up for it. We're writing this from the Memphis Metal Museum, a small, one of a kind metal arts community and museum right on the banks of the river. It's a ... http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=21 We made it to St. Louis! Not quite half way yet, but close. We came in at about six yesterday evening and met up with our good friend John. Kent worked out a deal with a shady barge dock to tie the boat up overnight, we paid by the foot. ... http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=20 Hello Friends, Family, and Internet Surfers, We're writing you from Muscatine, Iowa with high spirits and all of you on our minds.  Today marks the beginning of our third week on the river and we've been blessed with some stronger bodies and faster currents.  We're averaging about 35 miles a day ... http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=19 Hello from La Crosse, Wisconsin. We've stopped for the night and the good people of the Diamond Way Buddhist center here have been kind enough to let us stay with them. We've done a little meditation, some indoor rock climbing, and even a little basketball. Tomorrow, we're going up to ... http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=18 Hello friends and family. As some of you know, we've been up in Minneapolis for the last few days. The trip up here was exhausting and fun. We made four dollars at an Indian casino and found Oklahoma very kind. The last few days have been spent working on the ... http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=16 The canoe is mostly complete now and has been baptized in the waters of San Marcos. Here's a few more pictures. http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=15 Here's some more photos of the canoe being built. I'll add more as I find them. http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=14 is an 18' Micmac style cedar canoe built using the "strip planking" method. I think a huge aspect of the trip is that we built our boat and paddles from scratch, hoping to involve ourselves in the process of the journey from the start. http://www.threeleafmusic.com/log/?p=9