Summer is Missouri means humid air, fresh blackberries and lazy rivers. With my grandfather's 1971 river log in hand, I'm headed back to the Gasconade River in southern Missouri to recreate a portion of one of his long canoe trips. Can the river teach me things about my family’s Missouri heritage? By exploring the river, its history, and my grandfather's connection to it, I endeavor to better understand myself.

Featuring: Maria Doerr, Cyrille Jourdain, Christine Doerr, Karen Doerr Hiatt, John Bradbury

Producer: Maria Doerr

Special Thanks: Claire Schoen

Music:

“Down in the River to Pray” Jean Banwarth, 2016

“Ebeneezer” Black Twig Pickers, 2012

“Aces and Twos” The Devil Makes Three, 2009

“Thought Soup” Doctor Turtle, 2016

“King of the Road” Roger Miller

“Mid Day Blues” Tate Peterson, 2015