The original mission of the Source to Sea Project was to raise awareness for the Audubon Society’s Upper Mississippi River Campaign.
11/15/2025
Spread the word! John Pugh and Jessica Robinson paddled 2,000 miles down the Mississippi River, and the book is finally out!
BOOK RELEASE PARTY is this Tuesday (Nov 18, 7pm) at Crank Arm Brewing, 319 W Davie St, Raleigh NC. Hope to see you there!
Book is also available online at https://amzn.to/48h1Fuk or www.sourcetosea.net
10/30/2025
Whoa! This just came across my feed. Learned to paddle a canoe at Quaker Lake Camp. 20 years later went on to paddle 2000 miles down the Mississippi River with Jessica Robinson You can check out the book about that adventure at https://www.houseofswankclothing.com/products/source-to-sea-mississippi-river-canoe-journey-book
BOOK LAUNCH DAY!
In 2005, Jessica Robinson and I paddled more than 2,000 miles down the Mississippi River. 20 years later, here is the book! Check it out, and tell your people. #1 on Amazon in TWO Categories!
I DARE you SHARE this POST!
https://www.houseofswankclothing.com/products/source-to-sea-mississippi-river-canoe-journey-book
10/23/2025
BOOK LAUNCH DAY!
In 2005, Jessica Robinson and I paddled more than 2,000 miles down the Mississippi River. 20 years later, here is the book! Check it out, and tell your people. #1 on Amazon in TWO Categories!
I DARE you SHARE this POST!
https://www.houseofswankclothing.com/products/source-to-sea-mississippi-river-canoe-journey-book
Live screen printing at Raleigh Convention for Parade of Homes Gala!
Oh yeah, I wrote a book about our 2000 mile canoe journey down the Mississippi River too 🙂
https://amzn.to/48wBCA7
My process for writing the book Source to Sea: A 2,000 Mile Journey Down rhe Mississippi River
! Old school tech using micro cassette recorder, journals, scribbles, maps, google docs, and Vellum software for the final layout. Source to Sea will available on Amazon by Oct 16th.
09/26/2025
Holy hell. Soon…
09/22/2025
This was the worst hangover ever, ever, ever.
Ever.
Well, we did it. I still can’t believe it. Our buddy Amanda came down to pick us up in Morgan City, and from there we headed to New Orleans for a photo shoot with the Audubon Society. That night, we made good on the promise we’d made to the lockmaster in Minneapolis—we went to Pat O’Brien’s and drank hurricanes until our tongues turned red.
Amanda and Jess wisely called it a night, while I unwisely chose to trade shots with some Irish dudes for the next couple of hours, an ill-conceived plan at best. I somehow made it back to our hotel and ended up in the bathtub, room spinning, hoping and praying for some benevolent being to strike me down where I lay. Sorry, ladies.
Mississippi River Book release: Mid October
09/22/2025
Slideshow of our 73 day, 2000 journey down the Mississippi River. I have no idiot what idiot put Book Release 2008 on the last slide, but he must have been wildly optimistic.
Paddling the Mississippi River for the Audubon Society In 2005, the Source to Sea Expedition paddled over 2,150 miles down the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers to help raise awareness for the National Audubon S...
09/19/2025
!! BOOK COVER CONTEST !! - LAST CALL!
Some of you know about this, but Jessica Robinson and I paddled 2,000+ miles over 73 days in 2005! My book on the trip will be released this fall, and I need your help. VOTE for your favorite BOOK COVER!
2 lucky people will win a free copy of the book when it's released, so VOTE NOW
Here is the link: https://forms.gle/JmmHXgRVd4Gz4a7q6
Source to Sea Book Cover Contest