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Reddit mentions of River-Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America
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| Color | Tan |
| Height | 8.38 Inches |
| Length | 5.46 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | April 2001 |
| Weight | 1.1 pounds |
| Width | 1.11 Inches |
There's a great book by Kansas author William Least Heat Moon called "River Horse" where he takes his boat Nikawa from the Atlantic Ocean at NYC to the Pacific at Portland Oregon via America's lakes and rivers. All told he has the boat on a trailer for something like 28 miles. They use a canoe and a jet boat at parts, but 90% of the journey is aboard Nikawa ('River Horse') through America's rivers. Great read. http://www.amazon.com/River-Horse-Logbook-Boat-Across-America/dp/0140298606 Sorry for not formatting the link I'm late for my bus
River travel today = best case scenario:
“In his most ambitious journey ever, William Least Heat-Moon sets off aboard a small boat named Nikawa ("river horse" in Osage) from the Atlantic at New York Harbor in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon.”
Whaaat? Across the entire US, by boat??!! NYC to the Oregon coast??
Add the SHTF concerns discussed here and I think it’s on point to your question. (Also a good read in itself.)
“River-Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America” by William Least Heat Moon.
Someone gave me an interesting book that documents a guy attempting to boat across the US in a small cabin cruiser. He was able to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific on rivers, canals, etc with only a brief portage across the Rocky Mountains (And maybe some portages around dams IIRC). https://www.amazon.com/River-Horse-Logbook-Boat-Across-America/dp/0140298606
No. In River-Horse he has a twin outboard motorboat with a pilot house that he and his mate take from the Hudson Bay to the PNW traversing the US E to W with a few overland portages. It has some history about the Missouri and the Mississippi. It's a good read, but I liked his debut Blue Highways better. You'd have to have a lot of money and a deep support network to do his River-Horse journey, whereas the Blue Highways journey path is open to a much wider segment of the population.