Day 8 - Buffalo National River

On the 8th day of our adventure, we kayaked 8 miles on the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. It was beautiful but difficult, because the water was so low, we kept getting stuck where it was especially shallow. It also might have something to do with the fact that we don't know what we're doing. During the float, we went ashore to hike up to a 224 foot waterfall called Hemmed-in-Hollow. It was probably the highlight of the day. Either that or almost sinking. Anyway, it was a long day but completely worth it. We slept like babies afterwards (11 hours!). We were asleep before it was dark.

Off we go

Shallow water

Bluff

Getting unstuck

Turtle!

Jim's Bluff

Working hard as Greg takes pictures

Bird

Not peeing

Stopped for lunch

Hiking

BC

Little waterfall

Big waterfall (people for scale)

Truly a spectacular sight

First shower of the trip

Cheesin'

Back to it. Water was very blue

Bailing out

Almost sank...

7+ hours and we finally reached the end!

Hard-earned meal! This place was really good. Low Gap Cafe

Sunset on the way back

Air drying our clothes at the campsite

Day 8 Rating: Almost sank 10/10