BUFFALO RIVER-Sep 25-27-STEEL CREEK to KYLES- PICTURES

[Karla]

What about Weidekehrs Susan?????

Karla

[Eric Esche]

I'm on my way @ 5:30PM Friday.

Eric

[Louiscov]

Eric:

Thanks for the wonderful personal invitation. The 800 mile round trip driving is just gonna be too much this time for a day trip. DARN IT!!

Those three classic Mad Rivers would have really put on a show.

louis c

[Clif]

Beautiful day! Beautiful time! Great water.. 6" more woulda prevented a few.... bumpy spots?? One of the tourists that flipped at the put in didn't believe that our group was all dry so far.

Great to meet and re-meet all. We both had a blast. Been too long since I did that part of the river. Quinton made BIG progress in his Jackson.

Clif and Quinton

a BIG thanks to all that had encouragement for Quinton
a little special extra thanks to Stephanie, Eric and Richard

[Karla]

Picture perfect day and great bunch of folks to paddle with. Yes, Quinten is doing great with his paddling, he outdid us all. I was able to hone in my maneuvering skills with my Hero and gained some more expertise with some of those rocky rapids. Enjoyed all the company and meeting new folks.

Karla

[Hy DE Ho]

Thanks for a great experience on the buffalo to all I was lucky enough to float with on Saturday. Hope to see you guys again this fall. Craig

[Karla]

Here are some pics on my webshots of the Buffalo on Saturday.

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Karla

[MikeBeebe]

Susan and I had one fantastic day with everyone on the river yesterday. Big thanks to Richard and Roger for heading this trip up. It was an excellent day to spend with some old friends as well as meeting some new ones. Quinton, I was really impressed with your paddling skills. Keep it up and it won't be long we'll be asking you for the tips on paddling. Every once in a while you get that "perfect day" and Saturday's float was just that and more!!!
Mike

[fryingsquirrel]

A big thanks to all who helped make this a phenomenal float! Despite some minor vehicular malfunctions, all was soon in order and went great. Saturday's float was great, at lunch I counted 29 boats. I think 10 were Ozark Society boats and the rest were ACC. On sunday we had six paddlers...Eric Esche, Stephanie, PainterBob, Steve Heye, Pam Ellwood, and Myself. We did from Kyle's Landing to Ozark, registered 13.8 miles on GPS. I swam once, got hung on a strainer that I didn't see till the last moment. Lost my hat (if anyone finds a canvas hat that is green on one side and gray on the other, let me know. Also the boat got away from me in strong current and hung on a strainer, Bob, Steve and got it off.
Altogether, I think I'm starting to learn how to paddle solo quite well. Thanks again to Bob and Eric for the instruction and advice.
Stephanie...I hope to see you again on the river.
Jon Ellwood

[Richard]

Thank you to all who paddled this weekend. The grandkids loved it. I did not take any pictures so if you have some, please share. I am placing them on the original post of this thread. Thank you Karla for sharing yours.

[Stephanie]

just want to say WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS!!!!!
Thanks so much for such a great weekend. worth every mile i drove to be there.

wasnt too sure i was with the right group when i pulled in in the middle of the night (had a feeling when i saw that crazy van with the hand prints all over it ). knew it had to be the kind of people i need to be around.
Richard a special thank you for heading this up. was great to finally meet you.
painter bob - thanks for all the surfing.
eric - it was too much fun - so glad that you ended up being able to paddle with us after all. and......the head chef at the best campsite.
it was a great weekend even with a few obstacles that got in the way.
thanks to all and especially those who shared camp with me. i really appreciate all of you guys.
hope to paddle with you all again very soon.
stay safe, play hard and paddle paddle paddle

[Louiscov]

Congrats to all who went, and thanks for the trip reports. Must have been a wonderful, classic day on the Buffalo.

[Stephanie]

Quinten keep up the good work - soon youll be showing your dad new tricks!! you did great out there buddy!!
lucky to have a dad that takes you paddling - and the lifetime paddling fever takes over yet another one.

good job DAD!!
just have to say i was lucky enough to have a great
Dad that took me paddling all the time - made us kids into river rats as well.

[MikeBeebe]

Here are the pictures that Susan and I took on Saturday. I hope that this works.

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Mike and Susan

[lbaker]

Great pics, thanks for sharing, Karla, Mike and Susan!!
You could tell fall is just around the corner!!
Leigh