Spring Ozark Rendezvous - North Fork of the White River (Missouri)

Sending out a probe to check for strainers, eh Terry? I especially like the “I’d go with you, but I have to work” excuse. Well done!

If Terry stops talking, drops his head, or gazes off into the void, before he starts talking again; prepare yourself, and make sure your BS defibulator is ON.

Bill Clinton uses the same techniques…they don’t call him “slick willy” for nothing.
Don’t fall for that innocent, grinning, good ole country boy routine !

BOB

I think most of us who have spent time with you, understand how you are able to recognize these techniques and routine.
Regards
Dick

Which venue was the final decision of the paddle. I’m going to try again to make it where ever it’s held. Vicky

@vawhelan said:
Which venue was the final decision of the paddle. I’m going to try again to make it where ever it’s held. Vicky

Vicky - North Fork of the White - we will be camping at Twin Bridges - we usually also paddle Bryant and others have also gone over to the Jacks Fork but the “main” river will be North Fork of the White. Hope to see you there!

@thebob.com said:
If Terry stops talking, drops his head, or gazes off into the void, before he starts talking again; prepare yourself, and make sure your BS defibulator is ON.

Bill Clinton uses the same techniques…they don’t call him “slick willy” for nothing.
Don’t fall for that innocent, grinning, good ole country boy routine !

BOB

Heheheheh, I needed a good laugh, buddy!

So has the probe reported in yet, Terry? Or is he or she MIA?

No, Pete, I’ll e-mail him!

Talk about missing in action: I am again delayed in British Columbia - first by encountering a ditch in my truck (2 days spent in the Buffalo Inn at Pink Mountain) and now returned to Prince George by a serious log truck accident on BC97. With no alternate route to take south I’m stuck. Good news: the Rendezvous doesn’t start for another month, so I still have time to get there - maybe even BEFORE Terry arrives. I AM anxious to hear the pre-runner’s report.
Brad

Boy, I wish I could join you guys, but MO is a little further than I can drive for a paddle. :frowning:

ALL RIGHT Brad, you’re on your way! I just looked at my schedule and have no extra shifts that week. Kennel Monday and arriving Tuesday, maybe even Monday evening. Here’s the “Report,” but we’re getting rain this week and expected for the next several days. April is typically wet, so I expect water levels to be up?

"Terry,
Here are a few pic’s from 3/23 on the Creek and the cabin porch. One log jam to portage around. The log jam was roughly midway between the Hwy 95 Access and the Sycamore Access. It wasn’t a full blown jam, about 3 trees down.
We paddled 3 sections of Bryant Creek (Hwy 95 – Sycamore – Warren Bridge – F. C. Cook) and 3 sections of the North Fork (Twin Bridges –Hammond Camp – Blair Bridge - Dawt Bridge). On Saturday, they went to the Eleven Point. However, I had to get back to Muscatine, Iowa, and 9 inches of snow.

Water levels were low. I drove over Simmons Ford on the way home(Big Piney just upstream of Houston). It was too low to paddle. "

They didn’t paddle Hebron to Twin Bridges, so no report on that section. But they did more sections of Bryant Creek than I have. I really like Bryant Creek. See you’all in about 5 weeks!





Eric, you’re a wuss. If I can drive from Alaska, ANYONE else can make a trip for a week’s worth of daytime Ozark river paddling and evening HIGH TEA.

Brad

Upper Buffalo, upper Jacks Fork, Current River, and North Fork of the White are all flowing real good today.

@pblanc said:
Upper Buffalo, upper Jacks Fork, Current River, and North Fork of the White are all flowing real good today.

Yep! I’ll be on upper Buff tomorrow with Little Deuce, six of her friends and two of their dads. They’ll be in rafts, I’ll be in Zeke the Prophet. What could possibly go wrong?

Just a few more weeks! Can’t wait to see everyone!

@PamThePaddler said:
Just a few more weeks! Can’t wait to see everyone!

Pam, do we need to make reservations at Twin Bridges for specific sites? I remember when Jim owned it, our group just set up at any of the sites in the field area?

For those of you closer to the Ozarks: Is the current storm, that has closed (4) major east-west Interstates, affecting levels and flow of the waters we should be paddling? Flooding has been a planning factor in the past.
Meanwhile, I’m on the road working a slow way south and east. I did get in a short paddle on the Snake River in Idaho with my son, he in a “new” ( to him - mfg 797) Nova Craft Prospector 17, I in a Sandpiper.
As Pam says, “Can’t wait to see everyone!”
Brad

The upper Jacks Fork, the Current, and the North Fork of the White River all spiked up a bit yesterday but are now dropping back. I think the storm track through the upper Mid West will be well north of the southern Missouri watersheds. I do not see any unusual precipitation predictions in the long-term forecast for the Twin Bridges area.

Nothing predicted in weather forecast will have any major affect in Missouri though monday the 23rd. If it did, it would still be another 9 days “before” the Rendezvous started on May 2nd…
Things seem to be mellowing out a little bit around here lately. Quite a bit of sun, and temps hitting the high 60s to mid 70s are predicted for this week.

The concern is probably more likely to be; will it be too shallow, as opposed to there being too high. Speaking for myself; I’d like to see the North Fork area gets 5 or 6 inches of rain, about a week before we arrive, then do a slow drop in water level, and temps rise up to 75 to 85+ on a regular basis.

That beats the hell out of sitting on a gravel bar in a full rain suit; dodging lightning bolts.
The only redeeming factor to that is you get to watch the “river dorks” in t shirts and shorts, or bikinis going into the first stage of hypothermia, They don’t need no stinkin’ pfd or raingear; just a case of beer in a big cooler & a GoPro to film their adventure for Facebook. :wink:

BOB

P.S. NO; no matter how cute you are in your tiny bikini, with a cotton towel over your shoulders for insulation; I’m not going to “sell you my rain jacket”! >:)

Anybody up for a pre-Rendezvous paddle on the Buffalo? I’m still shooting for an April 26th (or maybe earlier) arrival at Ozark Campground. Will I find anybody else there?
Brad