CHRISTMAS OFFER: Missouri Life Subscribers Signed Copies & FREE Shipping $26 each (25% off) *See Below for More Details* THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Seven weeks (by car) following the Missouri River from the source in Three Forks, MT to the Mississippi River near St. Louis – over 2300 miles For more about […]
Category: Rollin’ On The River 2016
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The Perfect Gift for the Father(s) in Your Life (See Below for Cover Pics) Rollin’ Down the River: Chronicles my 2016 7-week exploration of the Missouri River (by car) from its source (in Three Falls, MT) over its 2300 mile journey to empty into the Mississippi just above St. Louis. Contains over 200 pictures, along with 4 […]
Spitballs From the Back Row: Limited Premium (Collectors’) Editions!
OFFICIAL RELEASE – TUESDAY, October 23, 2018 I was so pleased & grateful in Spring ’17, when so many of you wanted a special, premium edition of Rollin’ Down the River! So I’m offering the same opportunity with this book! There will be similar options and similar perks as last time – see below. PLUS, this book, […]
Rollin’ Down the River Cover & Reviews
Jim Peterson, River Rat: Going Strong at 90!
Luckily, the calendar intervened, or I’d have never met Jim Peterson! Spirit Mound, SD, (north of Vermillion, Jim’s home) is one of the few places where it is known with certainty that ‘Lewis and Clark stood here’. It is also right on the way from Yankton, SD (where I had given a Rotary talk) to […]
Jim Peterson – Remembered Fondly and Missed
James Morton “Jim” Peterson, 92, died Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at his home in Vermillion, SD. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 2 at Salem Lutheran Church in Ponca, NE. Burial will be in the Ponca Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. with […]
More Adventures and Information from “Rollin’ Down the River”
This is a supplement page for readers of Rollin’ Down the River, and is intended to provide links to more information and pictures related to adventures which weren’t able to make it into the book. This page is being prepared and updated almost constantly, especially in the Summer/Fall of 2017. Do not hesitate to check back […]
Carnival’s In Town!
I was traveling east on Hwy 94, out of Jefferson City, MO, on my way to Hermann. This is a part of Missouri where the famous Katy Trail also follows the River, and having biked on the Trail more than once, I was enjoying seeing old towns and trailheads we had visited in years past. I […]
Mo River @ Ft. Benton – 2
Recap – Atchison, KS
Atchison, KS Named for David R Atchison, co-founder, and US Senator from Missouri (!). Lewis and Clark celebrated their first 4th of July (west of Mississippi) here. It’s the birthplace of Amelia Earhart, and Jess Stone, member of 4 music Hall of Fames, and writer of “Shake Rattle and Roll”. It has the only airport in […]
