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WCCO ANOKA, Minn.
September 23, 2009
Reporting: Bill Hudson

One month along on a three-month journey, the seven crew members of “Old Man River Project” have it down. Each morning, after breaking camp, they tightly stow hundreds of pounds of gear onto the 32-foot wooden boat they call Annie.

She’s what’s known as a York boat; a flat-bottomed, wooden rowing and sailing vessel they built themselves for this 2300-mile adventure down the mighty Mississippi River.

Brett Rogers is the expedition leader. He’s done similar journeys down North America’s Yukon and Mackenzie rivers, but had always wanted to tackle a trip down the Mississippi.

After years of planning and three months of boat building, his team of six Canadians and one Australian are living their dream. Their idea is to examine the heart of America, by venturing down its watery highway, studying the quality of the river and the minds of its residents.

“We’ve connected with Republicans, Democrats, blue-collar, white-collar. And the whole point of what we’re trying to do is show that there’s no divide of where you stand in the world, is that water connects us all,” Rogers explained.

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