  {"id":35453,"date":"2019-11-22T18:25:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T18:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/?page_id=35453"},"modified":"2025-03-01T19:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:22:15","slug":"2021-itinerary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/2021-itinerary\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Itinerary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/11\/Canoe_windmill_vanes-e1574470649770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2366\" height=\"998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/11\/Canoe_windmill_vanes-e1574470649770.jpg 2366w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/11\/Canoe_windmill_vanes-e1574470649770-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/11\/Canoe_windmill_vanes-e1574470649770-768x324.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2019\/11\/Canoe_windmill_vanes-e1574470649770-1024x432.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2366px) 100vw, 2366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Expedition included a total of approximately 100 days in the field, with approximately 40 days of paddling.\u00a0 We started with a visit at the Headwaters, and launched from the Twin Cities on Sept. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 28: Pre-trip pack-out and load-in on the Augsburg University campus in Minneapolis, then transit from Minneapolis to Lake Itasca and settle in at camp<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aug. 29-31: Lake Itasca and Line 3 Pipeline site in Palisade MN<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sept. 1-2: Return to Minneapolis for pre-trip gear sorting, assembling boats, and final orientation details<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sept. 3 : <\/span><b>Launch at B\u2019dote<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sept. 4 \u2013 Oct. 13: <strong>paddle<\/strong> and sail from Twin Cities to the Quad Cities<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oct. 14 \u2013 23: Transit to Memphis and visit in Memphis area<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oct. 24 &#8211; Nov. 19: <strong>paddle<\/strong> from Memphis\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">past Vicksburg to Natchez, the \u201cWild Miles,\u201d and on to the Old River Control structure, and on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to Baton Rouge<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nov. 20 \u2013 Dec. 1: transit to New Orleans and St. Bernard State Park;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanksgiving in New Orleans and multiple site visits in NOLA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dec. 2 &#8211; 5:<\/span>shuttle<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the Gulf of Mexico at Cypremort Point State Park<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dec. 6-7: Van shuttle back to Minneapolis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dec. 13: Public presentations on the expedition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dec. 16: Final papers\/projects due<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>(The schedule is always subject to change depending on weather and other variables)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2021 Expedition included a total of approximately 100 days in the field, with approximately 40 days of paddling.\u00a0 We started with a visit at the Headwaters, and launched from the Twin Cities on Sept. 3. Aug. 28: Pre-trip pack-out and load-in on the Augsburg University campus in Minneapolis, then transit from Minneapolis to Lake &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35453"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35847,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35453\/revisions\/35847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}