i did that trip alone as a 22 year young boy, in a 16 feet canoe, from minneapolis till new orleans in 4 months, thas was in 1989. thank you for the nostalgie

How wonderful that he is giving Veterans those stars. If I had one, I would frame it and hang it on the wall of my woodshop. U.S. Army, Ret. Texas 1963-1983

Wisconsin Kayaker here.... thought this was going to be a bore, was going to select a different video, sure as heck glad I didn’t!! I had a great time with all four of you! Thank you so much for bringing me along! What a great adventure!

National Geographic quality media guys. This video should have far more views. Great job!

As a Quad City boy born and raised, now in Central Missouri, I was missing MY river. This hit the spot so much!

I'm 5 minutes in and already hooked! My dream is to explore America, such a beautiful land, and rivers! Love from the UK

Purple Heart Viet Nam Vet, Love to Paddle, That was an Incredible Heartwarming Journey !!! Salute !!!

This is an awesome journey! It's been a real pleasure to watch! Thank you very much and wish all the very best. Greetings from Russia, Saint-Petersburg.

What a wonderful production! I came across this by pure luck as I was looking for paddling tips and trips. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.

Clubbed foot keeps me from being a hiking nut but floating the Mississippi is my bucket list trip.

Wonderful trip. I just read Eric Severeid's "Canoeing with the Cree," about his trip NORTH from Minnesota to Hudson Bay, taken just after graduating high school.

So cool, have watched this a couple of times now, it’s a classic.

Bravo! Great video! Inspirational to say the least. Cheerz to all the beautiful souls! And that Mighty Mississippi

Your experiences with people along the river paralleled mine as I cycled 4,600+ miles from Portland to Boston. City or small town, people were happy to give. Was a treat to watch your journey!

Watched a doc on the birthplace of the nile...then I wondered about the Mississippi. Wild Hogs part 2. It all made sense when you disclosed you were a news anchor. Lol great video

Wonderful. Thank you Veterans, God bless you all.

Great job. I feel privileged to have met you guys at Cape Girardeau MO. Excellent job of capturing this. Thanks, Ken E Keller

Thank you for the adventure! I came across this by accident and watched the whole thing. I'll probably watch it again. This whole production was very well done. I enjoyed every second of it.

Hmmmm ....retired news reporter. I thought this started out sounding like a “made for tv” documentary. Lol. Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.

Great Video. While doing a day paddle on the Mississippi riverfront at Cape Girardeau MO, I noticed 2 great looking boats and 4 very scraggly looking men loaded to the gill and setting up camp at the Red Star boat landing pavilion. This video assures my bet with a friend that happened to be paddling with me that day. You all made it. Congrats. And great talking with you, Paul.

As a Quad Cities native, with a love of the river, very well done. Thank you.

Greetings from Bulgaria, Europe! We watched your wonderful video and dreamed about travelling to America to enjoy the beauty of the wilderness and... the friendliness of the people.

... can't wait for the return video where you young men paddle back to Minnesota. :D

Great trip. Kayaker here too. Love to meet other kayakers on the river. Friendliest of people.

Informative and highly enjoyable video. Thanks for all of the effort that went into telling this story.

awesome job on the video. Did the river in 19' and filmed the trip as well. Its awesome to be able to go back and watch your own adventure!

I did over two hundred miles solo on the lower Mississippi back in the eighties. Wish I could do it again. So many wonderful memories. Lot of good folks on the river. Glad you could enjoy it to.

My dream is to kayak from Louisville KY to New Orleans La. This will and always be my extra boost of inspiration

Wow that's on my bucket list and you guys just inspired me to do it I that I was to old..in my forties...

So good, every single bit and piece of it. Beautiful!

Super excellent! Thank you all! Thanks for your service. I am a Vet too! Proud of it!

Such a great adventure. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞

I love this, I feel like I am there ; absolutely fascinated with the Mississippi

Wspaniała podróż, wspaniali ludzie, wspaniałe chwile. Pozazdrościć pozdrawiam i dalszych sukcesów.

Its really impressive to think how the great explorers settlers and conquerors of our past navigated these rivers, especially initial voyages which were often up stream

This is a true gift to view. Thank you for sharing!

I’ve dreamed of doing this for years.

What an amazing and sweet documentary! I was just looking up information on where the Mississippi started and this popped up, what a great surprise

Amazing video! Thanks for taking the time to film it so we can all enjoy. Definitely, this is one of the top things on my bucket list.

Awesome video, getting myself ready for the MR340 this summer and I can't stop watching videos like this!

What an inspiration! Thanks for sharing this amazing journey.

That was FABULOUS. Thank you for sharing this phenomenal experience.

Paul Thanks for the Video. Reading your posts during the trip was something I looked forwarded to. Now have the video just brings back the excitement and the adventure had because of you. Thanks to you and your partners .

Great documentary, Paul. I enjoyed catching your journey as it happened and I think you captured the trip extremely well. My fifth graders study sailing songs as a unit and I can assure you they will appreciate your video.

Absolutely incredible! I hope to make the journey with friends someday!

I’m in my mid thirties but I sure think it would be fun to journey with those guys. I hope I can make that trip with a group of friends someday.

It was one thing to watch this unfold on Facebook; it's something else to see the stories woven together. Amazing. Thanks for sharing the journey.

Great story with a good cup of coffee.. cheer's from Louisiana 🙏... awesome

One of the coolest videos I've seen on the tube!

Great filming and commentary love to see people getting out and exploring this beautiful world we live in.

Your journey brought back so many wonderful memories of people and places from my kayak adventure in 2012. Thanks for the terrific story-telling and video production. Paddle boldly!

Thank you so much for this excellent video. My bucketlist just got longer!!

Loved it Paul. Great story by a great storyteller. This country needs to see more often the goodness you saw so much of on this trip.

This film came up on my automatic feed after I watched " The Passage," again, a Canoe trip done by my kids, my brother and me of the inside passage along the Alaskan panhandle coastline in the same summer of 2017. There are many chores that need my attention right now but I just couldn't stop watching Mississippi by Caone. The creativity and work needed in trying to condense such a journey into a meaningful and enjoyable hour takes a lot more time than the actual trip for anyone who may not know. I send thanks to all of you for this enjoyable, educational and touching journey. Great job on the editing and story telling. I was hoping that the signed angel canoe paddle might show-up as the credits rolled by at the end.

Fantastic video, I'm going to show it to my family when they wake ip. There is nothing more wonderful than a good canoe trip! Subscribed.

This is a total inspiration! Love this!

Awesome that was awesome thanks for makeing this video

Really enjoyed your travels! Learned allot and will be watching again soon.

Great video, and even a more awesome adventure. I'm living vicariously through you guys. And I'm fine with it. My back is already sore just watching.

Wonderful. Well done. I plan to bike down from the Quad Cities to Memphis this summer.

Fantastic video. What an amazing trip of a lifetime. Congratulations on your achievement.

Best Mississippi River paddling Doc I’ve seen on KZfaq. Thanks 👍🏽

Thanks for taking us down the Mighty Mississippi with you and passing by my historic civil war town of Vicksburg, MS. I enjoyed watching the video and what a wonderful experience of a lifetime for Y'all. I'm so happy you met angels along the way and what an excellent presentation! Congratulations on an awesome adventure. Marian :)

I so enjoyed this! Thank you!

What a wonderful informative video/ trip. Thanks for taking me along the trip with you. All the wonderful people you met on the way.

Excellent video. Reminded me of my canoeing days when I lived in Louisiana. My 17-foot Old Town ABS plastic canoe weighed 79 pounds but could take white water and rocks with only minor scratches, something a fiberglass canoe could not survive in. .

Fantastic video! I loved watching--so well done! Thank you for making it for all of us who will never get to do this journey. Superb!

amazing vid that should have millions of views. Sad that people cannot appreciate this stuff.

Congratulations guys. Here in Brazil, I was happy with your adventure and with the love you show for the people, the river and its fauna.

AMAZING JOURNEY AND COURAGE.❤🙏💯 I WISH I WAS WITH YOU GUYS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Absolutely marvelous, Paul.

Certainly enjoyed that video beautiful river I learned a lot from you guys my God bless you

Wonderful, thank you!

What a great adventure you guys had. I was looking around online for information about canoe's and which one might work for me when I came across your video. I'm glad I took some time to watch. I live just a few minutes away from Morgan City, LA and I can't imagine what ya'll went through to start way up there and end way down here. Congratulations on doing something that very few of us ever will!

this was enjoyable to watch, well worth the time spent.

I hear u n understand...I feel like I owe the solgers of that time my neverending love 💕

Fantastic video, professional quality, very entertaining,and educational all at the same time.

I missed your presentation recently at North Shore Senior Center in Northfield but was happy to catch your you tube video of your trip. Outstanding. Looking forward to your next challenge.

Awesome video, really enjoyed watching your adventure.

Just came across this by chance. What a lovely film. Really enjoyed it. Great to see older guys doing adventurous stuff without the macho attitude of the young. And you met so many lovely people on your journey.

Love it! Trip of a lifetime.

Looks like an awesome trip...Thank you for your service...God bless you all..

Great video wow that was a ride ,thank you ,big hugs from MN

Well done! Thank you for sharing.

Hey guys thanx for the beautifull vidoes. My husband and i enjoyed it.

Thank you. So inspiring.

Fa-nominal , Epic, Awesomeness, good on ya , guys , great to see this, restores my faith in humanity ,, much respect to you all for sharing your journey with us, who only dare to dream of doing something of this caliber , its appreciated and inspirational !!!! thank you .

Wow! Loved it!.

This is the greatest vidio I have watch thank youfor sharing adventure. I live in Iowa and have never been to Mississippi watching you guys travel is exciting. Wish I would have got to go with you all.This looked hard but very rewarding to see you jump in the ocean. Glad you all made it safely home .deepest repeat to all 4 of you .Thanks again for shearing .I know in my life I will never do what you guys have done.hope you have more travels in life.It shows 4 friends can do anything at any age love and peace.

Quad Cities kayakers Group paddling the Mighty Mississippi . Great and interesting video. Hope to catch you on the water next time.

thanks paul you made my evening ,

Wow that was amazing thank you guy's.

Thank you Paul! Great camera work and interesting commentary!

Superb on every level. Thank you.

Inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey.

Excellent video very good loved this nature video and military stories 👏 well done

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" brought me here. This is a great video to remind people like me who might take it into their heads to embark on a trip based more on fantasy than reality.

What a great adventure gentlemen. Salute.

Well done gentlemen. Great River. I just watched this video from Australia during the virus lockdown on Good Friday. I was interested in the river from the great novels by James Lee Burke (who based his stories down in New Iberia). I also love to paddle and have lived on a river for 50 years. On our longer paddles we always knew to never underestimate the challenge. Cheers JH

Loved the video. Thanks for sharing.