'Journey' is a way for us to explore the crossing,
​the intersection of our lives between each other. Jenova Chen

Photo above by Steve Schnarr- June, 2019 - Rainbow over Hole in the Wall -Missouri River Breaks National Monument.

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Missouri Breaks National Monument, Montana

Amanda Hoenes and dog Hank- Three Forks, Montana to the Gulf of Mexico.

Jim Emanuel and daughter paddling in the Breaks.

Eagle Creek, Missouri Breaks Nat. Mon.

INSP Network series being filmed: Into The Wild Frontier

Headwaters of the Missouri River, Three Forks, Montana

                                                                                  Missouri Breaks National Monument, Montana

Kris Walker in the White Cliffs of the Missouri Breaks-2017

First canyon below the headwaters.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” 
― Marcel Proust

Along the Jefferson River, Montana

Madison River-2018: One of the main tributaries that form the Missouri.

Winter along the Jefferson River, one of the main tributaries of the Missouri river.

“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” 
Tim Cahill

Missouri Breaks National Monument

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it".
​Charles R. Swindoll

The headwaters of the Missouri River, Montana

Jeff Brown, Tina Brooke, Kris Walker and Norm Miller at Ft. Union-2017

Camped along the Jefferson River, Montana

Jefferson River, Montana

“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends,
​but is played out over and over again
in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break
​off from the journey.” 
― Pat Conroy

"There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with fried Chicken". Harlan Sanders

Aussie Bob Bellingham with river angel Connie Kalthoff on the Lower Missouri.

“So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry” 
― Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels

"Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable.
​It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream". Peter McWilliams

Missouri Breaks National Monument, MT

“Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.” – Carol Pearson

"You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you". Heraclitus

"There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people". Bill Bowerman

White Cliffs, Eagle Creek of the Missouri river. Winter descent 2008 by Norm Miller

(Back L-R) Keith Lynch, Rod Wellington, Jared Jellison, Lloyd Bailey, David Forbes, Nate Stone, and Dave Miller. 2018 Rendezvous.

Missouri Breaks National Monument Photo by: bigskywalker.com

If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself. Brian Tracy

Holter Lake and the Gates of the Rocky mountains, Montana.

Tom Bailey and Charles Vaught depart Three Forks, Montana for the Gulf of Mexico 2009

Norm Miller standing in the Mato Chante dugout canoe nearing St. Louis in 2006 during the close of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial.

"Every dream has a process and a price tag. Those who embrace the process and pay the price, live the dream. Those who don't, just dream". Jeremy Riddle

Climbing high for a better view. Photo by bigskywalker.com

Missouri Breaks, Montana. Photo by bigskywalker.com

"There are some things you learn best in calm,
​and some in storm". Willa Cather

“We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations.” 
― David Brower

“Friendship is born at that moment when
​one person says to another:
​‘What! You too?
​I thought I was the only one.” ~ C.S. Lewis

Eagle Creek Camp, Missouri Breaks. Photo by bigskywalker.com

Bev & Mary make 98-day decent from Dillon, Mt to New Orleans in 1985.

Missouri Breaks National Monument, Montana

Tina Brooke -2017 - First Canyon of the Missouri. Wicked Apple Camp.

Norm Miller recharging batteries with Iowa Thin Films Solar Panels - 2004 - Lake Oahe

Native American skull found by Norm Miller along Lake Oahe during low water year -2004.

Don't just let the devil use your mind as a garbage dump.
​Joyce Meyer

Andy Bugh inside Hole in the Wall.

Janet Moreland & Ellen McDonah

Rod Wellington portaging 20 miles around Great Falls. (Photo by Rod.)

Anyone who says they like portaging is either a liar or crazy.  Bill Mason

Janet Moreland & Kris Walker share a PBR moment.

Eagle Creek flows into the Missouri river.

Upper Missouri river near Ft. Benton, Mt

Gates of the Rocky Mountain and entrance to Mann Gulch.

Entering in the Gates of the Rocky Mountains on Holter Reservoir.

“Chase your dreams. Design your life in a way that people will have
to search you on google and not on social media.” 
― Nicky Verd

Gates of the Rocky Mountains

Andy Bugh's camp -2011.

Beyond A Book Expedition - Glacier Mt, to the Gulf of Mexico

Camp # 2, Pelican Island, Mo - St. Louis to the Pacific -2004 - Norm Miller

Slaughter Creek camp. photo by bigskywalker.com

The Gates of the Rocky Mountains

Kris Walker paddles by Mann Gulch in the Gates of the Rocky Mountains.

Hellroaring Creek, Montana. The Source of the Missouri River.

Lake Sharpe, SD

Looking down from Mann Gulch on the Missouri River, MT

Gates of the Rocky Mountains, MT

Fall trip on the upper Missouri River. photo by bigskywalker.com

Norm Miller, Missouri Breaks 2004

It was the Magic Hour, the moment in time when every leaf and blade of grass seemed to separate, when sunlight, burnished by the rain and
softened by the coming night,
​gave the world an impossibly beautiful glow.
Kristin Hannah

Norm Miller makes camp in the magic light hour.

Sara Dykman and river friend.

Buck Nelson finds bison skull near Knife River Village.

Norm Miller ascending Elk Rapids in the White Cliffs.

Beyond a Book Expedition atop Hole in the Wall, Missouri Breaks.

Buck Nelson making his way upstream. St. Louis - Pacific

By Scott Mestrezat - A thousand star hotel.

Lewis & Clark Re-enactment Slaughter Creek, May 29th, 2005.

Wind Bound Lake Oahe- 2004- Norm Miller

Ghost from the past.

L-R: Churchill Clark, Ellen Magellan, Kris Walker (inside canoe), Norm Miller, and Glen Livingston.

L-Norm Miller & (R) Mark Kalch at Hellroaring Creek before Mark's 1st descent, Source to Sea, 2012

Jill Brown during 20-day, 375 mile portage from Columbia river to the Missouri river-2018

The badlands of the Upper MIssouri Breaks. Photo by bigskywalker.com

Downstream of Slaughter Creek, Missouri Breaks. photo by bigskywalker.com

Keith Lynch with TV News crew about to portage from the Red to the Trinity River, TX -2014

Water is Life Rally for Standing Rock. Three Forks, Mt - 2017

Dirk Rohrbach - Source to Sea - 2018

Norwegians, Kaare Anderson & Bjorn Braaten: Pacific to New Orleans - 1963 (Columbia, Snake, Missouri and Mississippi)