We spent about a week paddling the North Fork of the White River and the Current River in Missouri with a bunch of mostly solo paddlers. Both are spring fed rivers that usually are clear and blue. Recent rains and high water left rivers a little off color. We had nice weatherthe first two days on the North Fork; then things went wet and downhill temperature wise the third fourth and fifth days. Thirteen inches of snow mercifully stayed away 100 miles. Meanwhile at home it was much warmer(40 degrees warmer!)than MO where we did have cold rain just above freezing. Lots of cold rain.
My dog accompanied us.. She still does not know how to paddle. She met her first turtle.
My husband found out that the Raven when bow heavy will not avoid strainers. There was a tricky part where 95 percent of the water moved right and one needed to stay left. He got caught in a snag. It took us some time and a Z drag to get the boat off. Turned out the snag caught the seat webbing and some mighty nice knotcraft by Peter Georg made a nice replacement seat.
Anyway here are some pictures. We did about 90-100 miles total over the week. Note that paddling groups are mostly eating groups in camoflage.
Lucy wants to "help"
Big Spring Current River..a little floody
Dawt Mill Dam
Portage by the dam.. We had to cross some grass, do a ninety degree turn to the catwalk then rotate boats at the end and walk along that narrow wall. Not a whole lot of fun!
Pat in some sort of Mad River precursor to the ME.. twitchy little thing...anyone know what it is?
Stern view of it at lunch. More correctly First Lunch.
Low water bridges pose some challenges. Sometimes you can paddle over them. Rarely does paddler and boat follow the same course though. Peter Georg here
Over the Falls... a series of ledges with wavetrains and holes.. Terry missed the hole this day. He found it another day. This was actually a dry ride
Bob in his Pyrhana
Another spring.
Lucy vs turtle which kept trying to hide under the canoe
This looks more like a paddle duel than canoeing..whats with the paddles?
Top of the North Fork where its a small river below Topaz
Babiche anyone?
Bow Wow non paddler
My dog accompanied us.. She still does not know how to paddle. She met her first turtle.
My husband found out that the Raven when bow heavy will not avoid strainers. There was a tricky part where 95 percent of the water moved right and one needed to stay left. He got caught in a snag. It took us some time and a Z drag to get the boat off. Turned out the snag caught the seat webbing and some mighty nice knotcraft by Peter Georg made a nice replacement seat.
Anyway here are some pictures. We did about 90-100 miles total over the week. Note that paddling groups are mostly eating groups in camoflage.
Lucy wants to "help"
Big Spring Current River..a little floody
Dawt Mill Dam
Portage by the dam.. We had to cross some grass, do a ninety degree turn to the catwalk then rotate boats at the end and walk along that narrow wall. Not a whole lot of fun!
Pat in some sort of Mad River precursor to the ME.. twitchy little thing...anyone know what it is?
Stern view of it at lunch. More correctly First Lunch.
Low water bridges pose some challenges. Sometimes you can paddle over them. Rarely does paddler and boat follow the same course though. Peter Georg here
Over the Falls... a series of ledges with wavetrains and holes.. Terry missed the hole this day. He found it another day. This was actually a dry ride
Bob in his Pyrhana
Another spring.
Lucy vs turtle which kept trying to hide under the canoe
This looks more like a paddle duel than canoeing..whats with the paddles?
Top of the North Fork where its a small river below Topaz
Babiche anyone?
Bow Wow non paddler
