July 20th, 2009 → 6:36 pm @ Ryan Jeanes
You’ve got to read this. My mom, holy crap, wrote this beautiful expose on the truth behind real religious devotees and the fakers. Phillip told me one time of the Laodicean Chruch, who (I’m paraphrasing) Paul called a bunch of fakers. Basically the Laodiceans weren’t sincere in their religious (or if you bend my way, [...]
July 19th, 2009 → 11:39 am @ Phillip Hullquist
Ryan has been teasing our readers with brief mentions of our time on two of the large lakes that we crossed early in our Mississippi River journey. These stories are now three weeks old, but I’m going to share them anyways because they are interesting AND I have to correct Ryan about the route we [...]
July 16th, 2009 → 6:24 pm @ Ryan Jeanes
“You never know,” Phil says to me (different Phil), “you could have just paddled into a hot spot of ritual killings.” “I mean,” he continues, “look at all of us. We’re like 20, and you’re like only one. In fact! (laughs) you are only one!” Brian, same age as Phil, red-rimmed glasses and a bright [...]
July 12th, 2009 → 12:15 pm @ Ryan Jeanes
For those of you out of the loop, Phillip and Ryan of 11visions.com are heading down the Mississippi River via kayak and filming it for your entertainment. Check back regularly for blog updates, pictures and web videos. The feature length documentary The River is Life, made from the exploits of this epic journey, will be [...]
July 10th, 2009 → 3:28 am @ Ryan Jeanes
(I have no idea why, but the post Into the Waves – The Scary Kind seemed to cut off abruptly at when Nelson carries our bags up to the cabin. If you were scratching your heads wondering, “What the hell happened at the cabin?” uh, I was too. I wrote a bunch more about Peter [...]
July 10th, 2009 → 1:41 am @ Phillip Hullquist
Over the last two and a half weeks on the Mississippi River, we’ve noticed that our Sea Eagle Explorer kayaks attract a lot of attention. Some people are impressed with their portability and stability, while others voice concerns about maneuverability and speed. The choice of boats was a very important decision as we both knew [...]
July 7th, 2009 → 2:56 pm @ Ryan Jeanes
From Stump Lake to… now. Aitkin, Minnesota. Close to Brainerd. The towns are getting bigger now – this one has a McDonalds; the last one had a gas station; we’ve yet to see a Starbucks; it’s still pretty wilderness, but we love it. Either way, we are definitely moving south. A lot has happened. Let’s [...]
July 1st, 2009 → 6:58 pm @ Ryan Jeanes
It’s cold, it’s wet, we can’t find the campsite. “I think it’s back here in this corner,” Phillip says. He’s wrong. It’s not back in that corner. It’s not in any corner. We’ve been paddling through the night. Lake Bemidji was hard. A young and amiable man offered us to ride his Sea Doos. I [...]
June 25th, 2009 → 8:05 pm @ Ryan Jeanes
It’s hard, y’all. It’s real hard. Paddling is an endurance sport. Many will wax philosophic about the majesty and wonder of a trip such as this, but duuuuuude, I mean… Holy Lactic Acid, Batman. Not many get to paddle down the Mississippi River. I am priviledged, I know this… but it is WORK! my friends. [...]
June 21st, 2009 → 11:57 am @ Ryan Jeanes
Howdy y’all! (That’s what they say up here.) We are in the Land of 10 Billion Lakes. Something like that; there’s a scheisseload of lakes. Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we’re going to be on the river in 2 days! Today is the first day of summer, June 21, 2009 and it’s awesome. The weather is cool, it’s a [...]