Headwaters of the Missouri

Headwaters of the Missouri

July 28, Day 127, Mile 2321 Today was a landmark day, the day I reached the headwaters of the Missouri and the end of my long journey upstream along this longest river in America.  In the morning I was on my last map page of 

Last Camp on the Missouri

Last Camp on the Missouri

July 27, Day 126, Mile 2309 There were often mountain ranges in sight today, but on a twisting river and seeing them from an unfamiliar perspective I couldn’t identify them with certainty, but one range might have been the Madisons.  There were stretches of river 

River Feast

River Feast

July 26, Day 125, Mile 2288  It was another fine morning for paddling and my first goal was Silos Campground. When I got there I grabbed my empty water bottles and headed for the hand pump. After several pumps no water had come out yet