Overnight Float - Oct 13 & 14

[mark hedger]

Yes, Gavin, that is a fun little drop. I thought the dog might fall off but he handled it like a trooper. He took a dip a little farther downstream though in a tricky strainer. He also fell off a couple more times while checking out released fish. I never have seen a dog who is so intrigued by fish and fishing. I am sure you can relate to having tired arms and shoulders after that float.

[Gavin]

Yep...lots of slow water and we did 11 miles in 7 hours....We would have liked more time to fish...but we had wives and kiddo's waiting at SAB. Some great scenery and wildlife on that float. Will do it again.

[mark hedger]

I think we paddled almost 11 miles the second day. It took us about 8 hours. We asked the concessionaire for a river map but they did not have any. I asked for some type of landmark to recognize the half-way point but they said there really wasn't any. I was surprised that we were not asked to sign a liability waiver. I suppose they did not need one since we had our own kayaks/equipment. I would like to do it again as a 3 day/2 night trip.

[Gavin]

Here's a great place to make a map....

http://www.cares.missouri.edu/

[mark hedger]

Thank you, Gavin. That is a tremendous resource.