[little man]

Originally Posted by Yellow band

Any one from St. louis on here? I'm asking because I hear St. Louis is a great place to kayak in the early fall, like September.

Pittsburgh has three rivers. But what happens here is, two rivers come together and form the Ohio river. If I understood correctly, St. Louis is like an island with 4 rivers flowing around it.

The Regatta is the big event this weekend. Well, that and the Kenny Chesney Concert yesterday. Apparently, Chesney is into Boating......I'm not sure of the whole story here, but the rivers were full of boats and they were calling themselves the Chesney Navy.

Tomorrow,(early) the dragon boats will be racing. One of the local rowing clubs has a team of rowers comprised of physically challenged individuals and two blind rowers. I can't wait to see them! Thats the beauty of rowing, there is a form (of rowing) for pretty much anybody. The more I learn, the more I love.

Has anyone done the Yukon 1000? Across the big empty......
certainly out of my league. I can not imagine sitting and rowing 18 hours a day, and pure desolation. mmm, maybe I can, sub space.

I see where Little Rock is quite a kayak destination.Something to think about maybe? Arkansas has more than 9,700 miles of rivers, stream and bayous as well as 600,000 acres of lakes. Little rock is smack dab in the middle of it all. Is anybody salavating? Listen to this!
The Arkansas River bisects the Ozark and the Quachita mountain ranges and the new Arkansas Water trails program links urban and backwoods paddling routes.

When I was learning to kayak, I recall my instructor saying to me "Breath into the nervous feelings".....what ever the hell that meant. Kayak speak for* Women thrive in a supportive environment* I'm not backwoods paddling literate, but am open to learning. My whole mission is to be
a voice for the female experience, you know...it's ok to be different.

Ok, enough from me!

i'm originally from the st. louis area. i've recently moved to TX and have just started kayaking since i got here.

the illinois and missouri rivers converge with the mississippi river at st. louis. quite a bit of barge traffic and recreational boaters on the mississippi. it looks fairly calm, but has a good undertow to it. the meramec river is also near st. louis, to the south. you also have the cuivre river and the big river. not sure how either of those would be for paddling, though. from what i understand, the rainfall has been pretty heavy in the area (according to dad, anyway). obviously, there will be swifter currents, but lots of of debris as well. the areas around the rivers tend to be fairly wooded and plenty of branches and such to get swept downriver. i have done some canoeing on the meramec as well as tubing. i'd be happy to answer anything for you that i can...just ask away.