This is self publishing at it's best. A fun journey with three 24 year old's named John as the they boated and waterskied up the intercoastal waterway on a 17 ft. Boston Whaler in 1987. They continues to New York harbor, through the Hudson River Valley, the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes to Chicago, the Mississippi, Ohio and other rivers and waterways eventually ending their trip in New Orleans. These Californian's set out to prove the East Coast is an island but what they really learned was how generous and friendly American's are.