Posts Tagged "rivers"

Sugar Creek Kayaking

Posted on May 7, 2012 in Day / Weekend Trips | 0 comments

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...

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Going to CJ

Posted on Jun 8, 2009 in Daily Grind, Rural America | 2 comments

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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Party on the River

Posted on Dec 9, 2008 in My Thoughts On..., Rural America | 1 comment

I read in the Joplin Globe that someone in the Missouri legislature has submitted a bill that would ban various types of party/drinking paraphernalia including kegs, beer bongs, and mardi-gras beads on rivers in Missouri. I can’t imagine that legislation will get much traction in a state...

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