Experience a 2,300-mile Kayak Journey Down the Mississippi River

Dave Ellingson has wanted to travel down the Mississippi River since his childhood. “It had been on my bucket-list since I was a boy and read Huck Finn,” reports Ellingson, college professor and pastor, who paddled the entire Mississippi River in his kayak during the summer of 2012. The 2,300-mile journey is detailed in a forthcoming book, Paddle Pilgrim: An Adventure of Spirit and Learning Kayaking the Mississippi River. Ellingson will recount his experiences at 2 p.m. October 12, 2014, at Weber Center for the Performing Arts, 428 Front Street South, in La Crosse.

The book, expanded from Ellingson’s real-time Paddle Pilgrim blog, chronicles his “adventure of a lifetime” and recounts experiences from basking in a sublime sunset in Minnesota to dancing with a snake on an Arkansas sandbar. In addition to painting a kaleidoscope of vivid word pictures of river scenery, Ellingson writes movingly about the “interior landscapes” of solitude, silence, prayer, and communion with creation. “What began as an adventure led to learning and ultimately to spiritual pilgrimage!” he says.

Ellingson teaches courses in spirituality, environmental ethics, human development, and youth ministry at Trinity Lutheran College in Everett, Wash. He is a Lutheran pastor, Master Gardener, former distance runner, and father of five grown children. He resides in Edmonds, Wash.

Presented by Weber Center for the Performing Arts

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Date

Sunday, October 12 at 2:00 p.m., Lyche Theatre
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Pricing

FREE for all ages.

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