Three more days!!! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!

Brad

"And sometimes I think that I'm not any good at all
And sometimes I wonder why, why I'm even here at all
But then you assure me

I'm a little more than useless
And when I think that I can't do this
You promise me that I'll get through this
And do something right
Do something right for once"

The lady talked so fast on the phone, but I think it's from Grinder's Ferry to Gilbert (10 miles and 5 canoe hours). I had a blast on the Current River in SE MO last year, but wanted to try a different one.

I hope the Buffalo River is a good one to float. You can't go wrong with a river classified as a National River, right?

I still want to do white water rafting at Steves sometime!

Brad

"And sometimes I think that I'm not any good at all
And sometimes I wonder why, why I'm even here at all
But then you assure me

I'm a little more than useless
And when I think that I can't do this
You promise me that I'll get through this
And do something right
Do something right for once"

Yay!! I am ready for the weekend too!!

Keema & I are going to Silver Dollar City on Saturday! Yay!

I've never been on a float. I do hope you have fun on Sunday!! I would love to do white water rafting too. Always wanted to go...but have never been.

Kansas Kelly

WAHHHHH!!!! I would though if I didn't already have plans!

Oh Brad, the Buffalo River is alot of fun to float. I think you will enjoy it. Maybe later on you can come down to my neck of the woods and we can go floating together and maybe the "K" girls can come along too! That would be tons of fun!!!!

I've reserved a canoe for Sunday but now have no one to canoe with. I graduated from Missouri State today, and after the ceremony my girlfriend left me a "Dear John" letter. The change in the relationship was too much for her. We had dated for three years.

Ya can't canoe alone, so...

That's a picture of me standing under a small side waterfall (just a small trickle) that was next to the first big waterfall.

I can't believe this place is such a secret! You drive along Arkansas 43 for what seems forever until you see a small park "Lost Valley" sign just past Ponca (which is just past the turnoff for Possum Trot). You turn on a narrow gravel road that seems like it's going nowhere. Then you find a nice trailhead for the absolutely the best trail I have ever hiked in my life!!!

You start out by walking along Clark Creek (right before it meets the Buffalo River). But soon it reminded me of the "Hobbit" where they are crossing the Misty Mountains and giants are playing throwing huge boulders around like baseballs. It definately looked like a giant's playground with SUV-size boulders everywhere!

Then the first waterfall is just precious! It comes out of a cave that is only 20 foot deep. You can see through to the other side. Then the trail climbs up a thousand rock steps up to Eden Falls and cave. You are on the side of a bluff that rises straight up as far as the eye can see. The little broccoli sprouts at the top are trees. Eden Cave contains a third waterfall, but you need lights to go in. I will say that Eden Falls is one of the most beautiful waterfalls I have ever seen! It's a small waterfall that twists and winds its way over the rocks falling about 200 feet to a small pool below.

Oh yeah, I had a good time floating the Buffalo also. And I saw so many houses with junk in the yard that I was tempted to stop and take a picture. I don't think people are trashy though, I think that most of them in that area grew up as farmers and they just don't throw anything away. Plus the lack of zoning codes limiting what you can have in your yard.

I have a dozen pictures that I'll post later in a separate thread.