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Ok, one more from the last trip on the Navasota River. I suppose when the water is lower the corn will scatter on the ground, but it wasn’t that high. Unless they were feeding fish and this is someone’s fishing hole. It seemed a little odd and I was in a silly mood.

Some of the cooler natural things I've seen: a dung beetle rolling up a big ball of poop, and bombardier beetles that you could mess with and watch them blow their cannons. Those were pretty amazing!

Yea, that would have me paddling as fast as hearing the sound of banjos. I've heard gun shots plenty of times and have even fire off a few rounds myself, but paddling into a firing squad wouldn't be entertaining.

Very interesting. The oldest picture of that site is 1958. The bridge was already gone, but the road/track is easier to see.

I have heard similar stories of people who paddle the Texas Water Safari. That and paddlers becoming so delirious that they end up in trees cluckling like chickens. I've not witnessed in myself though.

Yea, I don't know why I didn't think of doing that. The pictures I took show the exact location, so it was easy to find. You can't tell much up close, but when you zoom out it is definitely there. I wish I could find some old pictures or something of when it was used. Pretty neat to step back...

I've definitely run into some interesting good ol' boys on the Neches in deep east Texas. One of them spent time in the slammer for meth, but we still see him from time to time. Gerdine Watson's book, Reflections on the Neches is filled with crazy stories of the people that lived on the river...

Great suggestion! You can barely make out the other base. You have to zoom out a ways to see that there was something there. I believe this was an old railroad track.

The odd thing about what appears to be a bridge base is that there was not a matching base on the other side of the river and there does not appear that there was ever a road. But I have no idea what else it would be.

I once saw guys moving a house boat on the Neches River (East Texas). They had 3 john boats. One was pushing and 1 on each side that they used to steer. A guy would run across the porch between the 2 side boats to throttle up or down for steering.

I've been capturing videos of some of the odd things you see sometimes on river trips. Here are a couple of them. I'm curious, what are some of the strange things yall have seen. Did you take a picture or video?

I carry this little double ended salt and pepper shaker. I like to grill burgers, so I will salt & pepper them. I use it for scrambled eggs as well. It's pretty small, but usually last several trips before I have to refill it. https://amzn.to/3wM4Gmy

I lost a Leatherman. We were paddling along the Colorado River (Texas south of Coumbus). I suddenly needed to relieve myself (#2). We stopped at the first suitable location and I ran behind a tree. My Leatherman was in a holster on my belt. I guess the little snap must have not been...

Have you ever tried a reflector oven? Maybe just a little butter in the pan, then let it bake by the fire. I've never tried it, but I do enjoy my reflector over, mainly to bake biscuits and such.

She's 17. Of my 5 girls, she is probably the only one that could have handled it.