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| Oxbow Farm |
Today
we made our way from Oxbow Farm to Buchanan.
The day started off with a good breakfast consisting of oatmeal and
bananas which was prepared by Miles and Kelin. Then we when on the tour of
Oxbow farm lead by Mr. Seible, the Farm Service Agency, and the Natural
Resource Conservation Service. Then we hit the river which was slightly high
because of a damn release that rose the water levels in our part of the river.
We had 10 miles to paddle to get to Buchanan, but we quickly ran into problems
when Thomas and Brett’s canoe flipped on the hardest rapid of the day. Luckily
everyone pulled out fine and we recovered all of our gear down river and
were quickly packed and back on the river again.
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| The Seibel family- owners of Oxbow Farm |
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| Our team on the hay ride tour at Oxbow Farm |
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| Our group stopping at the waterfall |
After
the flip we paddled down the river for a long time till reaching Springwood
Creek. We explored the area for a while most of us walked under the waterfall
and washed our faces. We had an encounter with a frog while at Springwood and
had a tough, but fun time catching it. From there we went down to our campsite
in Buchanan. We unpacked our camping
gear and set up tents. After getting
everything ready a couple of us played football and ultimate Frisbee.
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| Will found a frog |
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| Miles, Thomas, and Will throwing the frisbee |
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| Kyle and Kelin lounging on the Eno hammock |
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| Buchanan Carnival |
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Camp fire praise
Thank you, Jimmy! |
Miles and
Kelin cooked a good meal consisting of pasta and chicken. Afterwards several of us broke off to go to a
local carnival. We bought funnel cakes and had fun times on the rides. Most people
who went to the carnival liked the Zipper the best! Unfortunately our fun was
cut short because it started to rain but we got back to camp safely to get a
good night’s rest.
Hannah and Thomas
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