Taum Sauk
By Chuck McHenry (Riverlog – October/November 1998) “Look guys, it’ll be an adventure. Fun? I think so – but fun and adventure aren’t necessarily the same thing. Adventure is it’s own word, it can be…
Category: Stories
Manhole
By Tom Leigh (Riverlog – June/July 1997) A Simple Run on Lower Stouts Creek (Into the Valley of Death Floated the Six) I haven’t been paddling very long, but long enough to learn that kayaking…
Lower Rock Creek
By Chris Amelung (March 2008) What a Day I can only describe today as an adventure. I can’t say I would do it again under similar conditions, but I must say that Lower Rock Creek…
Stouts Creek Access
By Curtis Elwood As many of you know, the put-in that many people use for middle Stouts is on private property and there have been incidents that have left the owner upset. The problem seems…
First Descent of Flat Branch Creek, Columbia MO
By Steve Witzig (June 2, 2003) Paddled by David Wilson and Steve Witzig Well, it’s been done! David Wilson and I made the first descent of Flat Branch Creek (well as far as we can…
The Saint, Castor, and Mud Creek
By Jason Garrett (May 9, 2002) Big grins and lots of fun were had by all. For the Saint we had a fairly large group. Chris Amelung, Tim O’brien, Paul A., Anie, Steve Schaeffer, Diane…
The True Adventures of Chuck & Chris
By Chuck McHenry (Riverlog – June/July 1997) It was a March Thursday and Chris Amelung was home on spring break. It’d been raining hard all day- yet the gauge on the Saint wasn’t budging. At…
Leptospirosis
Obtained from Steve Witzig (written by Quinn Long) A personal account of a Columbia paddler diagnosed with Leptospirosis Hello local paddlers, Take leptospirosis seriously. I paddled Hinkson and Cedar creeks with steve, greg, dustin, ray…
First descent of Lower Rock Creek
Submitted by Kevin Olson (written by John Tansil – Riverlog 1990) We don’t have to call it “Secret” Creek anymore! On Saturday, May 26, 1990 with the St. Francis running 10 feet over highway D…
First Descent of Turkey Creek back in 1980-82
By Herm Smith “I also lead the first descent of Turkey. It is written up ages ago in the Riverlog with a description of how to avoid the cow fences by walking up across from…