Sugar Creek Kayaking
This weekend I went on a man-kayaking trip down Big Sugar Creek from Powell to Deep Ford just east of Pineville, MO. We did a similar route a couple years ago and once again had a fantastic time. Sugar Creek features exceptionally clear water that is mostly calm with a few scattered rapids. Some...
Read MoreSunday 'Yakkin Trip
Sunday after church Grant and I decided to take a quick afternoon kayak trip. As we often do, we chose Center Creek, except this time we did a section of the river neither of us had ever floated before. The furthest I had ever been down Center Creek was the park in Carl Junction. So this time we...
Read MoreFloating Big Sugar
This weekend we organized an expedition of sorts to get our kayaks out on a new river (new to me at least). We picked Big Sugar Creek near Pineville because it’s A)close B)scenic and C)void of most of the party scene found further downstream on the Elk River. The first day we floated...
Read MoreGoing to CJ
Another week, another post about kayaking. Sunday a few of us loaded up and floated from my house to Carl Junction… which I estimate to be about 10 miles. This was only the second time i’ve floated downstream from the farm, but once again it was very nice. It’s been über dry...
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