Water Women
Come Celebrate With Us! 🥳
Happy International Women’s Day from Women on the Water! And by “water” we specifically mean THE GULF OF MÉXICO, because on Day 134 we...
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Lake Itasca ---> Gulf of Mexico
Women on the Water 2022
Water Women
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Day 133: The Final Push! 🛶
Day 133: 11 miles to Lower River Mile Zero. 22 miles to the Gulf of México. We have reached the literal end of the road! From here on out...
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Water Women
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Day 127: We made it to New Orleans! 🤯
And on Day 127 we made it to New Orleans! 🥳 On Sunday we paddled 51 miles to the end of what is known as the Chemical Corridor, right up...
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Water Women
- Feb 26
- 1 min
Sarah has paddled over 1,000 miles!!! 🥳
This River Queen has now officially paddled over 1,000 miles! 🛶 ONE. THOUSAND. MILES. ❤️🔥*Obligatory cue of Vanessa Carlton* Fun Fact:...
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Water Women
- Feb 22
- 1 min
Cory has now paddled over 2,000 miles!!! ❤️🔥
Big Milestones on Day 120: I have now officially paddled over TWO THOUSAND MILES 🤯 It’s sort of difficult for me to wrap my head around...
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Water Women
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Women on the Water is BACK! 💜💛💚
A few weeks ago Sarah and I paused our beautiful River Journey while I took a work contract in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 For 16 years I have been a...
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Water Women
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Day 111: A Canadian Century all the way to Louisiana! ❤️🔥
Day 111: Today we paddled 62 miles (100 km) all the way to LOUISIANA! We call that a “Canadian Century” in honor of my dear friends Alex...
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Water Women
- Jan 6
- 1 min
Day 100 💜
Day 100! I am grateful. I am exhausted. Today we make it to Arkansas. #PaddlesUp ❤️🔥
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Water Women
- Dec 31, 2022
- 2 min
Iced out for 3 days!
“Shackleton? More like, DACKLEton!” she said in ernest.* For the third day in a row, we’re iced out! 🧊 Last week temperatures dropped...
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Water Women
- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
Thank you Glørud Design paddles! 💜
After paddling 1,400 miles (with about another 1,000 to go) you quickly realize how important it is to have a paddle that’s both super...
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Water Women
- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
Thank you Patagonia! 💜
We always knew that those warm summer days we started out with back in August would give way to cool autumn days and cold winter nights....
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Water Women
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
Crossing Cass 🌊
Before we crossed Lake Winnibigoshish, we had to cross Cass Lake. It was a harrowing experience that I wrote about and posted on my...
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Water Women
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
Reflections from Lake Winnibigoshish
Lake Winnibigoshish was a deeply spiritual experience. Often Cass Lake and Lake Winni loom in a paddler’s mind like a pair of foreboding...
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Water Women
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
belated : almost day 70!?
---- a belated update from nov 12 - almost day 70? As things shifted I never posted this update that I had written from the Quad Cities....
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Water Women
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
in over my head (-espoir)
About a week ago I left the river to return to my moms house, I learned a limit and need to prioritize my own mental health right now. I...
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Water Women
- Nov 5, 2022
- 6 min
farewell to the driftless?!
we've made it to Dubuque! The 6 days since the last update have been lovely weather and some headwinds, some incredible river angels,...
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Water Women
- Oct 30, 2022
- 3 min
day 55
Hello, and greetings from 14 miles north of the Iowa border. We left Lacrosse yesterday where we were graciously welcomed by members of...
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Water Women
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
day 50!
hello beautiful community! We made it past Lake Pepin, and got lucky with some really lovely weather for crossing the big water! Pepin is...
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Water Women
- Oct 6, 2022
- 1 min
Day 38
And on Day 38 we made it to Minneapolis. 500 miles down. 2,000 more miles to go. ❤️🔥 CMD #Source2Sea #MississippiRiver #WomenOnTheWater...
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Water Women
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
even more photos!
here is the last batch of photos to catch you all up. These will be between the eastern edge of Winnie and our last blog post from the...
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