Angle to Key West: The Last Lock (11/4)
Below Mel Price Locks and Dam – November 4, 2012 The radio cracked to life. “Argo to Mel Price Lock.” “Mel Price back.” “Yea, I’m just coming up to the […]
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Angle to Key West: Ghosts of Lock 23 (10/31)
Above Lock 24 – October 31, 2012 The world turned black as the sun slipped away, nothing but glassy water and shadows in the distance. I floated in the middle […]
Angle to Key West: Old Times on the New Mississippi (10/30)
Mile 298 on Upper Mississippi – October 30, 2012 I stood next to the statue of Samuel Clemens and watched the river go by. The entirety of Hannibal, Missouri’s historical […]
Angle to Key West: Sheep in the Darkness (10/29)
Mile 320 on the Upper Mississippi – October 29, 2012 The sun turned the thin clouds pink, then purples as it sunk away. Across the water, the moon rose in […]
Angle to Key West: Lock 19 (10/28)
Upper Mississippi Mile 350 – October 28, 2012 “I heard you could fit 15 barges and a tug in here at one time,” I said to the lockman. “Sixteen,” he […]
Angle to Key West: Mississippi Treadmill (10/12)
South of Guttenberg, Iowa – October 12, 2012 The world resets itself again and again between every set of giant doors. Sandbar beaches and wooded islands wait after each dam […]
Angle to Key West: Lock 5 (10/4)
Below Lock 5, Mississippi River – October 4, 2012 I flew toward Lock 5 feeling like a rodeo clown in a bull-pushed barrel. Miles of open water above the lock […]
Angle to Key West: Taming the Beast (10/2)
October 2, 2012 The Mississippi is like a giant beast that the Army Corps of Engineers has engaged in a continuing battle of submission since the 1830s. The river has never wanted […]
