Paddling the Mississippi

Join author Jonathan Wunrow as he paddles his 13-foot-long solo Wenonah canoe for an epic 2,171-mile journey down the Mighty Mississippi River. From the ankle deep headwaters of Itasca State Park, across massive lakes named Winnibigoshish and Pepin, through 29 Army Corps locks and dams, travel with the author as he shares the river with tug boats pushing quarter-mile-long barges and eventually reaches the Gulf of Mexico via the increasingly popular Atchafalaya River and alligator swollen Hog Bijou.

Paddling the Mississippi: One Story at a Time is the vivid account of a 90-day river journey that was completed in 2019 and 2020 by the author and his cousin and paddling brother Jeff. Paddlers and armchair adventurers alike, will enjoy the many faces of this amazing river, and the characters that live along its banks.