Operating a towboat ... that is sooo cool!

I lived for a while Dubuque, Iowa and got a chance to canoe the Mississippi River around there quite a bit. I also spend a summer working on the Missouri River doing research for the Army Corps of Engineers.

I don't think my wife even knows that my life-long dream has always been to canoe the length of the Mississippi River.

I actually have a Master's Degree in Limnology - which is the study of rivers and lakes - kind of like inland oceanography. I love being on the water, but my career took a detour and these days I am stuck sitting in front of a PC at work.

Working a towboat ... that IS cool!