about dave...

 

Dave Lane grew up in Knoxville, TN. and married Pamela Fowler in 1974.  They are about the celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary in October 2015.  Dave graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1976 with a B.S. degree in Wildlife and Fishery Science and was employed by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency from 1977 until his retirement in 2012.  Dave spent two summers working in Grand Teton National Park with his wife Pam. 

 

Dave and Pam have two daughters, Lisa who is 34 years old and Lindsay who is 32 years old.  They also have two grandchildren.  Jacob who is 8 years old and Asher who is 13 months old.  Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, daughters, grandchildren, and his two son in-laws; Justin and Stephen, who all enjoy the outdoors as much as he does.   Other hobbies of Dave's include: mountain biking, geocaching, fly fishing, backpacking, camping, traveling, and riding his golf cart around his home in Peachtree City, GA.

 

Jim Myers and Dave Lane met in first grade at Smithwood Elementary School.  The two have remained close friends and try to annually go on some kind of adventure together.  They have backpacked and fished together since the early 1980's in places like, High Unitas Wilderness, UT, Sawtooth Wilderness ID, Bob Marshall Wilderness MT, Wind Rivers, WY, Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness MT, and Weminuche Wilderness, CO.

 

Their first trip was to Mt. Zirkle Wilderness in CO with their good friend Bob Jackson, who accompanied them on most of their adventures and remains a close friend.  

 

Why the Mississippi River?

 

Jim has 3 big adventures on his life's bucket list.   #1 was to thru hike the Appalachian Trial which he completed in 2009.  #2 is to ride a bike west to east across the United States and # 3 is to canoe the Mississippi River from beginning to end.  Jim and Dave have discussed these trips at length and decided to try to Mississippi river in 2015 together.  Plans are to leave Knoxville, TN on August 10th and start down the river at Lake Itaska State Park, MN on August 12th.