Comments on: Descending the Missouri

By: Beth Patterson

Beth Patterson — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:42:01 +0000

Dear Christine–
I have a carved oak cat in that position–would you like to borrow it? Might be easier than the clever conniving you’re going to have to do to get a flesh and blood one as a hood ornament!

Sounds like a great trip, and worth the effort to get the Red Boat to your home a bit back…

Thanks for keeping us informed of the gypsy in youse–

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:13:03 +0000

Sounds like a fabulous trip! Like ‘geogypsy’ said, do take lots of photos so that we can come along for the ride without spoiling the ambience! (-:

By: Poetikat

Poetikat — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:02:38 +0000

Love the painting ( I opened it up to see the full image). The cat is a charming addition. I wonder if it was based on an actual trip or merely fantasy? Obviously, the cat was in it for the fish, so if you can convey that to yours I’m sure they’ll be “in”.
Have you ever read any E. Pauline Johnson? She was a native-Canadian poet who loved to canoe. This comes across in a number of her poems about the Muskokas, here in Ontario.
Hope your trip is fun (avec ou sans les chats).
Kat

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:28:17 +0000

Don’t count on the cat, Christine. Our little dog used to ride in the boat like that, though. Sounds like a fun trip. I wish you good weather for it.

By: Ron Bloomquist

Ron Bloomquist — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:43:39 +0000

I paddled the Platte River in Nebraska one time between Schyler and North Bend. Actually, it was more like, paddle, drag the boat, paddle, drag the boat. After all, the old timers complained the Platte was too thick to drink and too thin to plow!!

Your expedition sounds like great fun. I’d love to join you but then, there would go the serenity!!

By: Geogypsy

Geogypsy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:31:52 +0000

Good luck reproducing the painting. May you have a wonder paddle in Raven. Sounds like fun. Take lots of pics to share.

By: Leora

Leora — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:16:50 +0000

Yes, I like the painting, too, though when I look at it up close, I can’t say I like it as much as, say, J. M. W. Turner. A bit flat. But very American. Very 19th Century America, when the Wild West was. Do you like Albert Bierstadt? One of my favorite painters from that period. Originally from Germany, I think.

Wow, that sounds like a great exploratory trip. I once stayed in a hotel in St. Louis and saw the Mississippi. That’s my viewing of the West! Other than two trips to Vancouver, which is Canada.

Look forward to hearing more about the trip.