This was the first float in the Perception aka “Mark II”. Water levels good. No dragging yaks but saw rafts being drug. Tried to launch at Courtois Berryman but river was too low. Courtois & Huzzah were pretty clear, Meramec was nice for the Meramec. Very pretty float. Some nice beaches and bluffs. A little...
My second float ever was a “Flood Float.” Water was very high. Warned by stranger at launch it was dangerous. He literally said, “I’ll pray for you.” The river was high, muddy, and fast but it was manageable. John, who was in a small 8ft white water kayak, did capsize at one point. We just...
I hadn’t been on a river in years… decades probably. My friend Casey had been encouraging me to join her on a river float with some of her friends. She borrowed old Pungo 120 called “Yellow Fever” from a friend for me to use and we did the “Palisades Run” on the Meramec River. It’s...
