Ron Greiner first developed his love for boating while growing up on a Minnesota lake. It was then that he began dreaming of traveling the length of the Mississippi by boat. In this travelogue that details his sixteen-thousand mile journey across waterways in thirty-three states and two Canadian provinces, Greiner shares the fascinating story of how, over a period of fourteen years, he managed to successfully boat from East to West from New York City to the Pacific Coast and North to South from Lake Winnepeg to the Gulf of Mexico, interacting with people along the way.