Jacob van der Merwe, the Crazy Kayaker, spent 59 days kayaking the river. Website, blog and photos.

The Miss Rockaway Armada made it to Louisiana.

Joe and Ben Palmquist - Brothers for the River - Started canoeing in Lake Itasca on August 27, 2006 to raise awareness of environmental issues facing the Mississippi. On November 9, the brothers pulled their canoe from the river in New Madrid, Mo., after canoeing over 1,300 miles of the river. Blog website

The Miss Rockaway Armada - Artists and the raft they built - They started in Minneapolis on August 9, 2006, performing their way down the river. The raft wintered in Andalusia, Ill., and the trip resumed in 2007. blog

Matt Bullard, Cap'n Bully, piloted his homemade boat down the Mississippi. In October, it got swamped and sunk in St. Louis. Read his account

Mississippi River Quest - Adam Brooks kayaked down the river, and dedicated the trip to his father.

During the summer of 2004, Nancy Scheibe and Heather Jeske paddled from Lake Itasca to Red Wing, Minn. Nancy's book, Water-Women-Wisdom -- Voices form the Upper Mississippi tells the story of their trip and the meetings with women along the way. In 2007, Nancy resumed the trip downriver.

Source to Sea Paddling the Mississippi River to benefit the Audubon Society. (May 14 to July 27, 2005)

Alaskan Bruce Nelson's canoe trip, Lake Itasca to the Gulf (2001)

The Floating Neutrinos on the Vilma B (2000)

Guy Haglund's 101 Days on the Mississippi (1992)

Billy Curmano, "Swimmin' the Mississippi"