floating down the Buffalo River

Layton shows Natalie a large tadpole with legs


Carl and Stephen ready to "shove off"

Here's proof, Cindy never lost her hat, even when we flipped (Rhonda and Denton lead the way)

Josh and Janelle on the right, Stephen and Leah and Natalie on the left


"Big Bird" and "Chicken Little" looked "whooped" from rescuing us so many times!






Tuesday, Day 5

Rhonda, Denton and Layton arrived to spend a couple days with us. They were our "official" Buffalo River tour guides as canoeing the Buffalo is one of their favorite past-times. Everything started off well, as we canoed for about an hour and half before putting in for our first stop. We stayed there awhile as we watched a group of college age students jumping off the bluff into the river. This is not for the faint of heart! Leah and Janelle, our pregnant moms, decided they should stop at this point, so Josh and Stephen stayed with them. Good idea! I think I should have stopped also, because as we were trying to shove off, Cindy and I flipped our canoe three times! And later as we approached some rapids, we ran into Layton in his kayak and flipped again! We made it the rest of the way, a total of six long miles, and really had a good time. (The Buffalo River is about 135 miles long) Denton paid us a compliment, I think, saying "my mom and dad would never canoe this river!"