Pin Drop: Big Muddy National Park

No, that doesn't actually exist. Maybe it should.

Sheltering from gales in an old crevasse in Arkansas

Last week, I said I planned to skip this week’s newsletter, and that’s still mostly the case, since touring for The Great River is eating my time and attention. But, amid the tour, I took three days to canoe the Mississippi, and I never want to miss a chance to share the wonders of this overlooked treasure of a wilderness.

Specifically, along with the Quapaw Canoe Company—and a crew of old and new friends—I traveled from Quapaw Landing, on the backchannel of Island 63, to Terrene Landing, just north of Rosedale.