Looks like last weekend was the weekend to be in the Ozarks for creek/river crossings and shoreline camping...this weekend not so good. Time to dust off the whitewater gear.
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Sorry to be awol. Had a busy weekend and changed oil on both cruisers. Then the laptop died....I can bring anything you will need for longpool along with the cobbler. I’ll head up to Richland on sat and hope to meet somewhere near Ben hur. Creeks are low so crossing should be good.
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i think there's some nice views along that route... you get some cool stuff in the richland valley. I can't remember how many good lookouts are along that way.
some other considerations...the east side of richland wilderness area has the campground, some nice creek scenery along falling...
Here's some teaser pics... big piney overlook at rotary ann on hiway 7 & victor on northfork of the Illinois bayou. hope the weather and colors will be as good.
So, I'm assuming one of these routes? if so, mostly good roads, not too tough, 'cept where the 4 wheelers have chewed up some places. Fall colors should be in full swing so loads of folks will likely be on those roads as well. Moccasin gap and roads around the wilderness areas will have...
You guys will be too close for me to not show up at longpool on sat. Or try to find you on the trail on sat sometime. Let me know what route you chose when you get one. If you need anything from R-ville on sat, just shoot me a pm. FYI, most of the counties up there are dry so plan ahead and...
When I put on a geo metro booster/MC on the '70 fj40, i made a rod extender with 10mm all tread and some nuts welded together. I had to play around with the pedal travel so it didn't extend too much or lock up too fast. Been happy with it so far & it allows room for the carb.
best, ty
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