PONCA TO KYLES ON THE BUFFALO SATURDAY, 8/10/13

[CAPTAIN ALEVE]

I'm trying to get a trip together for Saturday, August 10, 2013, for the Buffalo River from Ponca low water bridge to Kyle's Landing, about ten miles on the river. There is about 16" of airspace today that will drop to around 20" by Saturday if it doesn't rain again today, a low to moderate level. The forecast for Ponca for Saturday is for a high of 79 and a 40% chance of rain. I'm willing to paddle in the rain; you should be, too, if you decide to come along. There are NO warnings out at the present time (1:30 p.m.) for severe storms or flooding. The plan would be to do our own shuttling to Kyle's. I also plan to make the trip leisurely, stopping often to stretch my legs, and not get in any sort of hurry. The trip will end before dark for sure, otherwise there won't be any certain time we will finish. If it should rain we would probably want to hike to Hemmed In Hollow Falls. 10:00 a.m. is my suggested meeting time at Ponca low water bridge, but I am flexible on that.

Anyone interested?

Mike Coogan, alias Captain Aleve

[Venom9]

They were getting rain over that way just a little bit ago!

[CAPTAIN ALEVE]

Needless to say, we were flooded out of our trip. The low water bridge at Ponca was an ugly brown wave; a whole tree got hung by the root wad on the bridge as we watched. The river came up more after we left. One plus was that the elk were out, must have seen between 50 and 80 in the pasture including a mom and pop with two small calves that were right by the road. Pop's antlers were about a foot long.

I will reschedule this outing for later in the week.

Mike Coogan, alias Captain Aleve