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I'm heading back to Murfreesboro this Friday, July 20th, 2012, to paddle the Little Missouri River below the Lake Greeson dam (Narrows Dam). The release starts at three o'clock; I'll be at the take-out at 2:00 p.m. to start the shuttle. Three generators will be running.

This is a Class II, five mile trip on cold water in the hot summertime. It is never hot on the water despite the air temperature. I anticipate lots of surfing. Full details of this section of the river can be found at

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and a video of a recent trip is located at

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The shuttle is all set; all you have to do is show up.

Meet me at the take-out on West 13th Street in Murfreesboro at 2:00 p.m. Map shown below:




I'll be leaving the parking lot at K-Mart on Rodney Parham in Little Rock at 11:45 a.m. to make the two hour drive and to gurarantee getting through the interstate construction and on to Murfreesboro, in case you would like to share a ride.

Let me know if you are interested.

Captain Aleve, alias Mike Coogan

The trip is still on. It's always cool on the river, even during these hot spells, since the water is cold. Come on down!

Captain Aleve, alias Mike Coogan

mike, count me in. will see you at take out by the bridge. if anyone wants to carpool from hot springs let me know.
wally

I believe my wife and I will be attending. We'll plan to turn a leave card in tomorrow morning and take off half a day. We'll meet you at the take out. Thanks for the invite!

I emailed you my phone number in case you need to call or text me tomorrow.

I am changing the time I will leave K-Mart to 11:15 a.m. so I can pick up another paddler on the way.

See everyone at Murfreesboro!

Captain Aleve, alias Mike Coogan

Thanks for a good trip today Mike, Wally, Steve, Marshall and Aly!

Glad you and Ally took part in the expedition, Bryan. It's always fun to have such enthusiastic newcomers along. Sorry my helmet cam died, or I would have had some interesting video at several spots: Ally "sneaking" the Hinds Bluff rapid by running right down the throat of the biggest hole (looked like she fell in a manhole), and you briefly catching that same hole by dropping in while looking over your shoulder. That was some excellent hand paddling, too, after you got intimate with some overhanging brush & briars below the final ledge in Hinds. All the way to the take-out. It wasn't so bad since the current is nearly constant and the river is wide enough to give a hand paddler time to maneuver. Hope your paddle finds its way home; I saw that you did have your name and phone number on it.

Hey! This is a fun run with lots of play for the experienced and novice paddler. Hope I have a working helmet cam the next time I go to Murfreesboro. We had great company, as always; the meal at the Mexican restaurant afterwards was very tasty, too.

Captain Aleve, alias Mike Coogan

Here are two photos from the outing:

Bryan surfing below River Ridge access



Ally decribing where the water hit her when she center punched a hole at HInds Bluff rapid



The water runs again next week, Monday through Friday, starting at 3:00 p.m. each day.

Captain Aleve, alias Mike Coogan

Here's a link to a low resolution version the video those stills came from, the last 30 seconds of my helmet cam's life

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Captain Aleve, alias Mike Coogan