As an Australian I lived in the United States for four years. This wondrous documentary reminds me that the remarkable variety of landscapes, rivers, mountains and coastal areas of America, have a profound affect on American culture, resulting in a deep seated love of country and great patriotism. Thank you for showing the world an aspect of America we may never have known…
I have nothing to do with this video, but thanks for the kind words, James! US has been the world's scape goat / kicking boy for decades (a lot of it deservedly so, a lot not so much) The avg American has 0 say in the policies that govern us, but that's not an excuse. Our government is our responsibility. I hope we can take the power back before it's too late. I live around the kc area. I love my country & the my fellow citizens. We are good at heart , just extremely naive. Wr falk for globalists tricks over & over. Anyways. Thanks again! We English speaking nations/ ex British colonies need to stick together! If tours ever in KC , shoot me a message. PEACE!
@ Jack, your great words epitomise the very America I believe in and affirm there are so many Americans like yourself that the outside world doesn’t get to know or hear. The situation of a people having little to say in politics encompasses many countries now, including my own (Australia). And yes we have no excuses as we the people vote for these politicians. I’ll continue to defend and enlighten people around me who are influenced by biased media and ignorance when it comes to the reality of life in America at this time. I believe 2025 with be a pivotal year in deciding the future of humankind and hope for peace as the only outcome. Thank you for making an effort to reply to my original comment, it’s much appreciated!
@@chadtaylor2202 they do a race, the MR350 every summer from Kaw point, in Kansas City, Kansas to St. Charles, Missouri, you could start with entertaining that event. I was ground crew for a couple of two person canoes in 2022. It was a great experience.
Sometimes you just have to go cause there is never enough time or money. I gave up my apartment and job for my last trip cause it took months to do. 6 months to be exact. I hike the AT trail from GA to Maine. 2100 plus mile. Not including hiking to town and back to the trail for resupplies…. Back when corona hit I used my last check when I got laid off and bought some gear at Walmart and went. Homeless broke and all. I stopped into town to beg for money and got water on the trail. I ate wild eatables and fished etc too. The money was for rice and dry food goods. You can get a lot of ramen with $20. I wouldn’t buy just ramen but you get my drift. A 2lb bag of rice will go along ways. Much less 5lbs. I wouldn’t carry 5 lbs of rice hiking but I would canoeing….. You can grow sprouts in a jar etc with a canoe…. There is a ton I could do in a canoe that I couldn’t on foot…. One is carry more weight than 31-40 lbs of stuff. Just to be able to double that is AMAZiNG! They say a pound of pleasure. I say carry 2 lbs of pleasure, lmfao! So with a canoe I could double that, WHAT?!. I’m down, lol! Say when guys. Spring is around the corner too!
When I lived in Bismarck, I worked with a young man suffering from the return from the Vietnam war. Nearly every weekend that the river wasn't covered in ice he canoed from Bismarck down to Mobridge, SD.. At least twice in the years I knew him paddled all the way to the dam at Pierre, SD. He would always come back tired but calmer. I grew up West of Chamberlain, SD. We had to cross the Big Muddy to " go to town". I can barely remember looking down from the "new" bridge at American Island before the dam at Yangton was finished. The best weather, market reports, and polka music came from WNAX the radio station at Yankton. Every report included the water level at Gavin's Point Dam
Flow : This 4000 mile journey reminds us all how much there is to do right here in America. Who needs to travel elsewhere. But you have to be in top shape, like Dirk, to make this work.
Not necessarily... you can absolutely do a good amount of exploring America on foot by vehicle, by mass transit, bus, train, light rail, canoe, kayak, SUP, by bicycle and motorcycle as well as with live stock. Just start out with a mind that wants to learn and maybe a few National and State Sites. Some are even ADA accessible. Travel even if it is near your home town is available on any budget here in the United States.
No you don’t. I seen old men hiking the AT trail from GA -MAiNE. There was a woman that brought all her 12 kids from baby up on the trail. You should have seen how well that family worked as a team to get things done. It was amazing! So no you don’t have to be in shape. You just have to make the choice. I knew my job would never give me enough time off and I knew I could never make enough money. So I gave up everything job apartment and all to go hike SOLO myself. So it really is about how BAD do you WANT it.
Ok. I just stumbled across this video and thought I’d give it a couple minutes and now I’m here 30 minutes later and am thoroughly enjoying it! Have always wanted to take a cross country cycling trip and now would love to paddle this exact trip as well! Thank You for making this!
WOW what a amazing journey! And thank you for sharing it. I loved every minute of it. My name is Mike Huhman and I live in central Nebraska. Spalding. Thanks again. Keep doing what you love.
Driving across the the 4 Bears Bridge with a full moon with its reflection from the Big Muddy provides a spectacular view. Standing atop nearby Crows Fly High Butte is breathtaking. If anyone ever has a chance to stand above the Mighty Mo on the Standing Rock and you will be treated to an incredible view of square miles of North & South Dakota.
Excellent documentary, camera, drone footage and interactions with river people. The "Delta" areas of the large impoundments. I would have found it interesting, since a low water year will increase problems in those areas. Still, it was an amazing story and maybe some day we will meet on the river.
Wow, fantastic video. I got the opportunity to paddle the middle Missouri Breaks NM from Ft. Benton, Montana to Kipps landing for 10 glorious days this past summer. Even in an old aluminium canoe and years since my last padding trip it was a fantastic adventure. It has me thinking about getting a touring kayak... Thank you for creating this video.
Very Cool! I am also inspired to kayak an entire river - I am currently doing a much smaller version of this with the Mackinaw River in IL. Which feeds into the IL, then Mississippi. This project gives me great joy to do - film - and even edit. Good work sir.
I did the Missouri too and I agree the large reservoirs can be a trial especially if you do them very late in the season like I did when the winter storms start and there is some snow. As little as 15 kts of wind can make it extremely difficult if not outright dangerous even in a sea kayak. Sometimes you can find a little protection along lee shores, but with the deeply indented bays you always have to cross open water.
Most people have jobs and can't afford to take 3 months off for an adventure. It's not that we don't want to do stuff like this, it is we have to pay the bills.
My beagle, SnooP, and I have canoed the Missouri from Three Forsk, MT down to Natchez, MS. (There is no Mississippi River, really, as the water coming from Minnesota is actually the North Fork of the Missouri, which extends to the Gulf of Mexico.) We did this in sections, over a period of years. It takes all the vacation time I cold get, and it took me many years. We did skip the large reservoirs, due to time constraints, and had to stop at Natchez due to the very likely hazard on SnooP getting eaten by an alligator. I'd seen gator tracks where we camped, starting just below Memphis (!), but gators were not prevalent until Natchez. The night before we were to do our last leg, Natchez to Old River Lock and the Atchafalaya down to the gulf, I saw a 4 foot gator swimming along the main-stem shoreline. That gator made me think of SnooP's safety, as I loved that boy more than life itself, and couldn't live with myself if he got hurt, killed or eaten by a gator. SnooP lived a long and happy life, and a new beagle puppy is now my best buddy....who goes canoeing with me on the river above and below St. Louis, but he'll never see the river below Memphis, as I love tis pup so much.
Gavins Point Dam has a generating capacity of 132.32 megawatts in total, split across its three generators, not 40,000 megawatts. So the guy in this video is either telling lies or the janitor.
As an Australian I lived in the United States for four years. This wondrous documentary reminds me that the remarkable variety of landscapes, rivers, mountains and coastal areas of America, have a profound affect on American culture, resulting in a deep seated love of country and great patriotism. Thank you for showing the world an aspect of America we may never have known…
Thanks for watching!
I have nothing to do with this video, but thanks for the kind words, James!
US has been the world's scape goat / kicking boy for decades (a lot of it deservedly so, a lot not so much)
The avg American has 0 say in the policies that govern us, but that's not an excuse.
Our government is our responsibility. I hope we can take the power back before it's too late.
I live around the kc area. I love my country & the my fellow citizens.
We are good at heart , just extremely naive.
Wr falk for globalists tricks over & over.
Anyways. Thanks again!
We English speaking nations/ ex British colonies need to stick together!
If tours ever in KC , shoot me a message.
PEACE!
@ Jack, your great words epitomise the very America I believe in and affirm there are so many Americans like yourself that the outside world doesn’t get to know or hear. The situation of a people having little to say in politics encompasses many countries now, including my own (Australia). And yes we have no excuses as we the people vote for these politicians.
I’ll continue to defend and enlighten people around me who are influenced by biased media and ignorance when it comes to the reality of life in America at this time. I believe 2025 with be a pivotal year in deciding the future of humankind and hope for peace as the only outcome. Thank you for making an effort to reply to my original comment, it’s much appreciated!
Born and raised in Missouri. I've always wanted to do what your doing. It's awesome just to watch someone do it.
Saint joe here. I'd be down just to go across the state. Maybe next summer
@@chadtaylor2202 they do a race, the MR350 every summer from Kaw point, in Kansas City, Kansas to St. Charles, Missouri, you could start with entertaining that event. I was ground crew for a couple of two person canoes in 2022. It was a great experience.
Sometimes you just have to go cause there is never enough time or money. I gave up my apartment and job for my last trip cause it took months to do. 6 months to be exact. I hike the AT trail from GA to Maine. 2100 plus mile. Not including hiking to town and back to the trail for resupplies…. Back when corona hit I used my last check when I got laid off and bought some gear at Walmart and went. Homeless broke and all. I stopped into town to beg for money and got water on the trail. I ate wild eatables and fished etc too. The money was for rice and dry food goods. You can get a lot of ramen with $20. I wouldn’t buy just ramen but you get my drift. A 2lb bag of rice will go along ways. Much less 5lbs. I wouldn’t carry 5 lbs of rice hiking but I would canoeing….. You can grow sprouts in a jar etc with a canoe…. There is a ton I could do in a canoe that I couldn’t on foot…. One is carry more weight than 31-40 lbs of stuff. Just to be able to double that is AMAZiNG! They say a pound of pleasure. I say carry 2 lbs of pleasure, lmfao! So with a canoe I could double that, WHAT?!. I’m down, lol! Say when guys. Spring is around the corner too!
When I lived in Bismarck, I worked with a young man suffering from the return from the Vietnam war. Nearly every weekend that the river wasn't covered in ice he canoed from Bismarck down to Mobridge, SD.. At least twice in the years I knew him paddled all the way to the dam at Pierre, SD. He would always come back tired but calmer.
I grew up West of Chamberlain, SD. We had to cross the Big Muddy to " go to town". I can barely remember looking down from the "new" bridge at American Island before the dam at Yangton was finished.
The best weather, market reports, and polka music came from WNAX the radio station at Yankton. Every report included the water level at Gavin's Point Dam
Flow : This 4000 mile journey reminds us all how much there
is to do right here in America. Who needs to travel elsewhere.
But you have to be in top shape, like Dirk, to make this work.
Not necessarily... you can absolutely do a good amount of exploring America on foot by vehicle, by mass transit, bus, train, light rail, canoe, kayak, SUP, by bicycle and motorcycle as well as with live stock. Just start out with a mind that wants to learn and maybe a few National and State Sites. Some are even ADA accessible. Travel even if it is near your home town is available on any budget here in the United States.
No you don’t. I seen old men hiking the AT trail from GA -MAiNE. There was a woman that brought all her 12 kids from baby up on the trail. You should have seen how well that family worked as a team to get things done. It was amazing! So no you don’t have to be in shape. You just have to make the choice. I knew my job would never give me enough time off and I knew I could never make enough money. So I gave up everything job apartment and all to go hike SOLO myself. So it really is about how BAD do you WANT it.
One thing I’ve learned in life. There are a lot of things that you can teach and ppl can learn. But you can’t teach HEART! You got that or you don’t!
A life well lived, ive been paddling 35 years, i loved this !!!
Ok. I just stumbled across this video and thought I’d give it a couple minutes and now I’m here 30 minutes later and am thoroughly enjoying it! Have always wanted to take a cross country cycling trip and now would love to paddle this exact trip as well! Thank You for making this!
Thanks for watching! Hope you also enjoy the other episodes.
I do believe this is the way American History should be taught. You are doing some amazing work!
Thanks, Shelby, that's very kind!
What a wonderful adventure! We have really enjoyed watching. Your kind heart was revealed by watching you with Rodgers beautiful horses. 😍
Thanks so much for watching, appreciate your comment!
WOW what a amazing journey! And thank you for sharing it. I loved every minute of it. My name is Mike Huhman and I live in central Nebraska. Spalding. Thanks again. Keep doing what you love.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoy it.
I grew up in the KC Metro and still live in the area. I was hoping he would mention the Steamboat Arabia. That museum is a real gem!
Wow! Glad I stumbled upon your journey! I am enjoying your adventure!
Thanks for watching!
My grandfather helped build the dams on the Missouri River. This is an excellent documentary.
Thanks, Robert!
Driving across the the 4 Bears Bridge with a full moon with its reflection from the Big Muddy provides a spectacular view. Standing atop nearby Crows Fly High Butte is breathtaking. If anyone ever has a chance to stand above the Mighty Mo on the Standing Rock and you will be treated to an incredible view of square miles of North & South Dakota.
New town is full of tatonkas
I had hoped to see you stopping in Hannibal MO, home of Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain. I am, however, really enjoying your videos. Paddle On!
Thanks! I was in Hannibal the year before the journey for some research;-)
Great videos - perseverance is your strong suit.
Kudos to you and all involved.
Thanks so much!
Pretty country stunning journey…
Nice movie man .litle tof on the lake ha ha ha. Have a good time. Hyyyyy 😮😮
Thanks for watching!
OMG you actually did the thing i thought about doing as a bucket list item! i didnt think anyone had done this yet lol.
Now you gotta do it!
Excellent documentary, camera, drone footage and interactions with river people.
The "Delta" areas of the large impoundments. I would have found it interesting, since a low water year will increase problems in those areas.
Still, it was an amazing story and maybe some day we will meet on the river.
Thanks for watching, appreciate your comments!
Wow, fantastic video. I got the opportunity to paddle the middle Missouri Breaks NM from Ft. Benton, Montana to Kipps landing for 10 glorious days this past summer. Even in an old aluminium canoe and years since my last padding trip it was a fantastic adventure. It has me thinking about getting a touring kayak... Thank you for creating this video.
Thank you for watching, Anita!
Very cool video
In a home-built stitch-and-glue kayak at that. Great video!
Thanks, Jim!
Very inspiring
Very Cool! I am also inspired to kayak an entire river - I am currently doing a much smaller version of this with the Mackinaw River in IL. Which feeds into the IL, then Mississippi. This project gives me great joy to do - film - and even edit. Good work sir.
Thanks so much! Good luck with your journey.
I did the Missouri too and I agree the large reservoirs can be a trial especially if you do them very late in the season like I did when the winter storms start and there is some snow. As little as 15 kts of wind can make it extremely difficult if not outright dangerous even in a sea kayak. Sometimes you can find a little protection along lee shores, but with the deeply indented bays you always have to cross open water.
I lived in S. Dakota for 3 months. That was enough wind for me. I don’t see how you can do anything outdoors there year round.
Roger sure has the right idea..
I’m a ND born and raised, live in TX now.
Who knew you could make a museum about such a modern ship wreck
Interest and money do a lot
A lot of local museums are full of stuff even newer than that wreck.
I live right on the other side of the river at 41:50. You can see one of our fields! 😂
Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn adventure!🎉
Did he stop in MO? Where is part 2?
It's not 4000 miles it's 3700 miles. Me and my wife paddled it this summer
Curious as why in such wind you didn’t paddle closer to shore?
I did in stretches where it made more sense. Sometimes it was necessary to cross over the entire lake.
You made this long video and you don't have a wind sock?
RULO!
Love watching your journey but man these ads they've put in your work can be insufferable
I know, thanks for watching and hanging in there;-)
@WELTgeschichten01 The Missouri is where I learned how to waterski. My dad would just yell at me to stay in the channel
Misleading title. The Missouri isn't 4k miles long.
The full title is: 4000 miles on the Missouri and Mississippi across America. They had to shorten it so it fits into one line;-)
25:15 🌎🚸
34:08 - 34:13. Nice Chemtrails. F’n our planet up, but “It’s just condensation trails, bro!”
They are. Think about it. Why would they waste chemicals on all of these unpopulated areas, are they trying to poison the wildlife? Lol
It makes me laugh you got midwest goodbyed into staying the night
4000 miles? Nope didnt happen. The river is only 2300 miles long. please explain.
2300 miles ends at St. Louis. Add the Mississippi to the Gulf and you get the additional miles.
Most people have jobs and can't afford to take 3 months off for an adventure. It's not that we don't want to do stuff like this, it is we have to pay the bills.
My beagle, SnooP, and I have canoed the Missouri from Three Forsk, MT down to Natchez, MS. (There is no Mississippi River, really, as the water coming from Minnesota is actually the North Fork of the Missouri, which extends to the Gulf of Mexico.) We did this in sections, over a period of years. It takes all the vacation time I cold get, and it took me many years. We did skip the large reservoirs, due to time constraints, and had to stop at Natchez due to the very likely hazard on SnooP getting eaten by an alligator. I'd seen gator tracks where we camped, starting just below Memphis (!), but gators were not prevalent until Natchez. The night before we were to do our last leg, Natchez to Old River Lock and the Atchafalaya down to the gulf, I saw a 4 foot gator swimming along the main-stem shoreline. That gator made me think of SnooP's safety, as I loved that boy more than life itself, and couldn't live with myself if he got hurt, killed or eaten by a gator. SnooP lived a long and happy life, and a new beagle puppy is now my best buddy....who goes canoeing with me on the river above and below St. Louis, but he'll never see the river below Memphis, as I love tis pup so much.
Awesome@@heyyou1140
I’m from vermillion
You should always camp under a tree in a storm
Millions and billions and gazillions of years these dinosaur fish have been struggling against mankind & their Dammed reservoirs, 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤯🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣
Missouri is 2,400 miles long.
This guy looks a lot like Patrick swayze.
Gavins Point Dam has a generating capacity of 132.32 megawatts in total, split across its three generators, not 40,000 megawatts. So the guy in this video is either telling lies or the janitor.
They typically lie to increase views
Lol that would be a big lie
I worked in power plants for 14 years, all turbine driven generators and we didn't put out that much. Total generating capacity was around 1400 MW