St. Louis
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. St. Louis is a huge city with quite an impressive arch inside of it. We spent the night walking all over the town and seeing as much as we could. And now to back track. The past week has gone well. We met some new friends from Illinois who kindly offered us beer and pizza, and even towed the canoe a couple of miles down river to a sand bar. It was interesting to actually be causing wake instead of trying to navigate through it. We made our first fifty mile day- sixty is next. Unfortunately, no pictures this post, as Kent’s camera has gotten a bit wet and currently isn’t working. In place of visuals, here is a rough draft of our ideal canoe mix tape. And it must be a tape, as a cassette player and mini disc recorder is all we have available.
- Keep On Rocking In The Free World - Neil Young
- The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down - The Band
- Born On A Bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- War Pigs - Black Sabbath
- Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
- Life In The Fast Lane - Don Henley?
- Whip It - Devo
- Immigrant Song - Led Zepplin
- Once In a Lifetime - Talking Heads
If you have a way to get these songs on tape, or you’d like to make your own mix tape for us, we’ll try to find the address of a small town post office down river and put it in the next post. So, now that we’ve been refreshed and cleaned in St. Louis, it’s time to move on. We miss all of you and hope all is well.
Aaron on 14 Oct 2007 at 8:20 pm #
I have the means to make such a tape. Let me know where to send it.
Aaron on 14 Oct 2007 at 8:21 pm #
And “Life in the fast lane” is by the Eagles of which Don Henley is a member.
Jenn on 15 Oct 2007 at 7:28 am #
I miss you guys! I’m glad things have been going so well and I too will make a tape for you.
John on 15 Oct 2007 at 5:26 pm #
I can’t stop thinking about that wooden kayak, something beautiful to roll around with. Hurry up and get on that!
Well, we’ll always have the fine silhouettes of St. Louis! Good luck!
Jrod on 16 Oct 2007 at 3:27 pm #
i’m going to have a tape or two to send you by the end this week so be thinkin of a place to mail it off two next week. I talked to john for a while. Sounds like you guys had a good visit. I’m doing better. Talk to you soon.
Janelle on 17 Oct 2007 at 11:28 am #
Congrats on getting almost halfway! Texas awaits you!
Uncle Tom on 18 Oct 2007 at 6:58 am #
Sounds like you two are having a wonderful time. Amazingly, I know all of the songs on your playlist, except the Black Sabbath, and think they are excellent ones for a trip like yours. I used to sing the Talking Heads to myself on the cross county bike ride with your cousins, Kent. Keep on paddling!