We found a lantern, actually more than one, and we found Old Glory.  So I think we're all set.

Final roster:

Rob H.

Skip

Josh

Mullowney

Vernon

Pete F

Stuart 

Rob Cannon

Rob, Skip, Pete and Vernon will meet at Vernon's farm at 8:30 am and load the trailer, then go to the put-in and run the shuttle.

Josh will pick up Stuart at the airport and then will meet us at the put-in whenever they can get there, probably between 1:00 and 2:00.

Mullowney and Rob Cannon we assume you will meet us at the put-in unless we hear otherwise from you.  If you want your trucks to be at the take-out you need to arrive in time to participate in the shuttle.  Probably no later than 11:00.

The put-in is Bell Bridge on Highway 13.  You can put "Crazy Horse Recreational Park" (Waynesboro, TN) in your GPS and it will take you right there, although we will launch on the opposite side of the river.  It's two hours from Nashville.

Weather looks amazing.  Sunny paddling during the day and cold nights by the fire, but bring your long johns for sleeping.  Remember:  BYO water, beer, plates, cups and silverware.  Also, lunch on Thursday is on your own but can be found in Linden if you're part of the shuttle crew.  Everyone else plan accordingly.

 

 Does anybody know where the Old Glory river guitar is?  We are also down a Coleman lantern or two.  Propane or battery lanterns will not do because they don't provide the same tense anticipation of what might happen next when Josh does the ritual cleaning and lighting at the first gravel bar.  

Besides, the Coleman lantern is one of the sights and sounds of a proper gravel bar campsite, as John Graves of course knew.

 

 

Here's the Plan

We're going to do a section that's solidly in the middle part of the Buffalo which I think will give us enough water everywhere except for the truly shallow riffles which may require some dragging but probably would on any Fall trip.

Put-in will be at Hwy 13 / Bell Bridge and take-out at Linden City Park.  

This combines the put-in from the Fall 2015 trip and the take-out from Fall 2017.  Here are some visual reminders.  

Put-in 2015...

Take-out 2017...

Warning:  immature bald eagles have been spotted loitering on this section!

We'll leave Nashville early Thursday morning and meet at Vernon's farm where the canoe trailer and most of the canoes have been living.   

Here is what I've currently got for the roster so let me know if anyone's status has changed.

Rob H.

Skip

Josh

Mullowney

Myers

Vernon

Pete F

Stuart 

Rob Cannon

Fall Trip

It's time to get back on a river, fellas.  And I know which one it's going to be.

Last trip was Fall of 2019 so in order to make up for lost time this will be a full 3-nighter.  Thursday, Oct. 20 - Sunday, Oct. 23.   

Looking back at our most recent trips before the hiatus, we could have changed our name to the BRCC because the archives say we went to the Buffalo River four of the last six and six of the last ten trips. 

The trend is going to continue because there's no other river in Tennessee that is both spring fed and long enough to do a four day trip in a drought.  

Not that we expect anybody to complain about the Buffalo.  It has been very good to us...

I'll let you know what section when its decided.  Have to drink over some maps this weekend.