In 2016 I canoed with a group of friends along a section of river, where the Arkansas flows into the Mississippi. The trip lasted for five days and in that time we covered about 100 miles. There were six of us in one giant wooden canoe and the guidance, gear and inspiration were all provided by Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale, MS. We slept on white sand beaches, swam everyday in the muddy cool water of the Mississippi and only passed under one bridge over the course of the journey—the landscape was totally remote and wild. Following the river trip, we drove to New Orleans and some of those photos appear here as well.