Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:04:56 -0500
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject: Re: Michigan Waterfalls
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The shooting still happens on the Mulberry, which drains west off the
Boston Mountains. There's an infamous bridge about a 1/3 of the way
down called McIlroy's bridge. Mr. McIlroy got heated up when the
Arkansas Supreme court ruled that the Mulberry was a navigable
stream" thereby allowing canoeists to portage without violating
tresspass laws back in the early 80's. He never got it and would
shoot his shotgun over boaters' heads and cuss a blue streak. The old
man died and we thought the problems were over, but his son was and
still is TWICE as bad!! It's almost a game to see if you can quietly
snaek past his homestead without him seeing you now.
Required Vanagon content? I used my Vanagon to shuttle my canoe and
kayak students' boats when we'd have classes up there.
DM&FS
At 10:52 AM 4/25/2007, vt wrote:
>Yes. I lived in the Missouri Ozarks (Taney County) before Branson
>became Nashville West and Vegas West for the entertainers and
>tourists, and just when the Wild Rivers Act was being enacted. That
>is truly precious canoeing and kayaking water on the rivers there in
>Arkansas and Missouri. Of course, locals at the time the laws were
>passed were not entirely happy. It was not at all unusual to be
>drifting and have to carry over a craft because locals felled trees
>across the streams to block what they figured would be millions of
>trespassors ... I recall on one trip, having someone on a river bank
>shooting off what sounded like a 12 guage over our heads for several rounds ...
>
>Sam Conant
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@ipa.net>
>To: "vt" <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:36 PM
>Subject: Re: Michigan Waterfalls
>
>
>>I'll put in a plug for Arkansas' waterfalls, although you can't
>>drive to too many of them. You CAN run lots of them in your
>>whitewater kayak though, but for the canoe crowd. viewing Hemmed In
>>Hollow on the Upper Buffalo River is truly awe-inspiring. Any of
>>the Tim Ernst coffee table books will leave you wanting more(
>>www.timernst.com ). If you ever get a chance to see one of his
>>photo shows, don't miss it.
>>
>>DM&FS
>>
>>At 08:33 PM 4/24/2007, vt wrote:
>>
>>>I recommend, in Tennessee, Falls Creek Falls State Park. My family (all
>>>200+ of us) spent a delightful week there back in the mid-1990s. The park
>>>managers rented us a complete campground in the park with a fully equipped
>>>kitchen and dining hall, plus canoes, bath/shower/toilet facilities and
>>>outstanding hospitality for a week. And, the they threw in the fantastic
>>>falls as a part of the deal. The park is located south of Knoxville.
>>>
>>>Sam Conant
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
>>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:10 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Michigan Waterfalls
>>>
>>>
>>>>If it's falls you want, and you're headed down south, check this out:
>>>>
>>>><http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-5797345-6256706?url=search->
>>>>alias%3Daps&field-keywords=alabama%27s+canyons&Go.x=12&Go.y=10&Go=Go>
>>>>
>>>>I should know, I wrote the book!
>>>>
>>>>Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Apr 24, 2007, at 7:23 PM, Jack R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Michigan is a great Waterfall state!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I've had many Vanagon 'Westy' adventures in Michigan. If you are
>>>>>planning
>>>>>your summer trips. think Northern Michigan.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/maps/statemichigan.shtml
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Jack
>
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