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Maps!

6/3/2015

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I'm a geek when it comes to maps.  I pore over them for hours looking for funny town names, tracing the wiggles of creeks and rivers.  So even though I've been planning this trip for close to 3 months, it really became real when I ordered the water trail maps from the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources.  The send them to you for free, all you have to do is request them! Their website is really cool, too; you can take panoramic tours of places along the way.  A great tool if you want to see what I'll be seeing!  Anyway, getting maps makes me feel like I'm closer to ACTUALLY DOING THIS THING, but I still need support to make sure it gets funded fully.  Please donate here and share the link with your communities!  
I also was tipped off to a wonderful resource, the Mississippi River Paddlers facebook page.  All sorts of difficult-to-find information has popped up on that page, like portage maps and a list of other Mississippi paddlers.  From what I can tell, there will be a total of 19 people going source to sea this year, all leaving between mid May and early July.  Most of them are male (there is a M/F duo, and myself), and with the exception of a group of five paddlers that left May 16th, there's a pretty even mix of duos and solo paddlers.  There are lots of people on this page who live somewhere along the river who offer a safe place to shower, restock, sleep, or say hello to a friendly face--they're called "River Angels."  So, fear not, there are many good people that will be in my midst, following my progress and checking in to make sure I get where I'm going.  
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    Alyssum Pohl is paddling the Mississippi River and documenting water quality and plastic waste along the way.

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