mississippi

  1. Hiruzen

    Question Any good places in Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama.

    Any good places to look for in any of these states I am planning to go in the next week or two and looking for some places to see and experience the local scene.
  2. Joey Garbanzo

    Jackson Mississippi

    Asking for a friend. What's going on in Jackson this time of year? Anyone know of cool spots to check out, where do the punks hang, good railfan spots, any anarchist bookshops? Basically where's all the cool stuff and people to be found? Really appreciate any info!
  3. DertyDers

    Question Down the Mississippi in rat rod canoe sailboat

    So I’ve been drawing up the plan for years now and this summer I’m going to achieve the goal of making it down the Mississippi River in canoes. The plan has evolved and my girlfriend Destinee and I are gonna try something a little crazy. We want to convert back and forth between two canoes and a...
  4. E

    Shanty Boat Living on the Hook in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basin

    I have little boating experience but I have been interested in it for years. I currently live in Minneapolis in Summer and Lafayette LA area in the winter. It would be cool to live on a motorized shanty that I could take between the two. I am curious about how that would work living on the...
  5. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs An Artist, a Shantyboat, and the Lost History of American River Communities

    Wes Modes is documenting life along America’s waterways. BY JONATHAN CAREY MARCH 07, 2019 An Artist, a Shantyboat, and the Lost History of American River Communities Made from recycled materials, Modes’s shantyboat can weather the storms. WES MODES/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 THE RIVERS OF THE UNITED...
  6. pcflvly

    Mississippi Magic

    I woke up with two songs in my head. One was Bob Marley singing, "I'm a rainbow too" and the other Peter Tosh singing, "I'm an original man". It was in the form of a round and also call and response. In the morning, come a the rainbow - original man In the evening, come a the rainbow - original...
  7. P

    Photos Partying on the Mississippi River

    So I've spent the last week housed up from a hitch pickup . The dude that picked me up was totally awesome . He housed me and my pack paid for all my drinks , dinner , motel the first night . So we keep on partying on the river. So last night we sitting around a table and this chick turns to me...
  8. ntdxc1878

    Canoeing the Mississippi !?

    I got this idea I'm super excited about... so hear me out and feel free to destroy me if the idea is terrible. I'm thinking train hop and hitch up to Minnesota or wherever one of the tributaries of the Mississippi starts from. Should be cake, just rail tramping with my pack, nothing new. Get...
  9. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs How shantyboats helped build a culture

    A great video about the project by Kirsten Dirksen “I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown god—sullen, untamed and intractable” – “Dry Salvages”, T.S. Eliot Long before Wes Modes began planning a journey down the Mississippi, he started building a...
  10. Slingshot Collective

    Mississippi Stand Camp: Another Anti-DAPL Protest Camp

    "Sandusky, IA – On Saturday, September 24th, 2016, a non-violent direct action out of the Mississippi Stand camp shutdown Dakota Access Pipeline construction at the point the pipeline will cross the Mississippi river at Sandusky, Iowa. "The action, which started with a six a.m. lock-down by...
  11. The Heron and the frog

    Curious coyote

    It is more than 2 years since I left for my first big adventure and I still recall certain memories sometimes. The trip has made me strong and unafraid to venture into new adventures. The beauty of it all sometimes comes to me in aid and motivates me to continue because I do remember that it...
  12. CelticWanderer

    Questions-Houseboating down the Mississippi?

    Alright, so I recently broke my foot real bad (funny story, thatone) and managed to land a nice job in jewelry repair so I'm makin a good bit of money. Now, cause of my foot i'm pretty much grounded here, can't travel, but what I can do is save up shit loads of money. So my question is, anyone...
  13. technotrash

    News & Blogs PSA: please don't swim in the mississippi

    http://m.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-who-jumped-to-their-deaths-off-downtown-st-louis/article_76a2d385-962b-5eba-9266-a3c1534cb200.html?mobile_touch=true very sad. didn't know these kids but feel for them nonetheless.
  14. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Amazing Floating Shanty Boat Ships off down Mississippi!

    Came across this earlier this month, and it looks like the 'floating the mississippi barge' adventure we've all been looking for. there's plenty of posts on how it all came about including floor plans and other useful information for those of use interested in doing something similar...
  15. kerry smith

    South Mississippi

    Hi,just making myself available for info if you want to know anything about the Laurel or ellisville,ms area. safe place to camp, free food ,places to avoid -things like that . even local sites ,anyway just ask, i will reply.
  16. Matt Derrick

    Who wants to float down the Mississippi this summer?

    images above borrowed from http://wewillnotdrown.blogspot.pt Ok, so we've all heard about it, we all want to do it, but who's ready to make something like this happen? I've been talking to some folks and the idea came up (again) and I'm thinking, "why not"? I mean, how much money would it...
  17. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Mississippi Police Want to Arrest the Satanists Who Turn Dead People Gay

    Mississippi Police Want to Arrest the Satanists Who Turn Dead People Gay By Jonathan Smith Just over a week ago the Satanic Temple, unwavering disciples of the Prince of Darkness and aspiring adopt-a-highway participants , performed a Pink Mass over the grave of Catherine Idalette Johnston ...
  18. BelCh

    Mississippi pup needs traveler

    Have a calahoula blue leopard cur She comes from a good line of cattle hearding dogs She's gonna be a knuckle head will not be potty trained :) I would like her to go to a traveler. Not sit ing someone's back yard lonely If someone is coming threw Mississippi And your furry friends come...
  19. youknewtherisk

    Squat in Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois border along the mississippi river) - Traveler friendly

    I have a huge house to myself. If you are traveling through you are probably more then welcome to stay, i'd just like to talk to ya first. Send me a message and we'll talk.
  20. Matt Derrick

    Graceland Too - Holly Springs, Mississippi

    copied from: http://www.visithollysprings.org/gracelandtoo.php CLICK HERE TO GO TO PAUL'S MYSPACE! http://www.visithollysprings.org/images/images_66/DSC01359.JPG Open: All day everyday, just ring the bell! Admission: $5 per person Still taking care of business "The universe's, the galaxy's...
  21. L

    rafting the mississippi...

    i'd like to take a raft down the mississipi river, tomsawyer style.