August 21, 2026 To the Minnesota River with Anne

This is going to be another Big adventure with Anne, last year’s partner to Hudson Bay. We had been talking about paddling the Minnesota River earlier but after Terry’s fall from our roof, I felt uncomfortable leaving him. I felt I would be galavanting while my husband was laid up. Then I caught him not obeying doctors orders.

So tomorrow Anne, her 9 year old grandson and me are off to paddle for 7 days and see how far we can get.

Now we’re camping in the back yard of a friend of Anne’s, Deb II, in Rosemount MN. Tomorrow we’re off to start paddling the Little Minnesota River in South Dakota where we’ll face many downed trees in what sounds like a absolutely miserable way to spend the morning.

I’ll let you know.