| Paddle | Mileage | Paddling Time | Avg | Min/Sec | Total | Avg | Put In | Put In | Take Out | Take Out | Elevation | Elevation | ||||
| Date | Location | Nbr | Rob | hh:mm:ss | Speed | Mile | Mileage | Mileage | Point | MM | Point | MM | Comments/Description | Vessel | Loss Recd | Loss Publ |
| 02/18/26 | Meramec River: Onondaga Cave State Park to Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area | 1 | 9.66 | 3:04:43 | 3.138 | 19:07 | 9.66 | 9.66 | Onondaga Cave State Park | 68.4 | Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area | 78.6 | Nice warm day. Water was cold. Say several turtles and a bald eage. @ power boats went by. Saw a group with canoes, 1 or 2 were Old Town models. Refueled at Muddy Banks afterwards. With Rick Peterson. | Perception1 | 785 | |
| 03/20/26 | Jacks Fork River: Alley Spring to Two Rivers | 2 | 15.96 | 4:50:46 | 3.293 | 18:13 | 25.62 | 12.81 | Alley Spring | 31.0 | Two Rivers | 53.1 | 64 and sunny. 9:05am start.
I tipped and lost my insulated cup and most of my beer. Luckily eyeglasses
and phone were ok. With Rick Peterson & Dan Bostelmann.. |
Perception1 | 730 | |
| 03/21/26 | Current River: Lower Round Spring to Two Rivers | 3 | 18.73 | 4:57:48 | 3.774 | 15:54 | 44.35 | 14.78 | Round Spring | 35.3 | Two Rivers | 53.1 | 65 and sunny. 9:08am start.
Lots of power boats. Saw 2 white wild horses. With Rick Peterson & Dan Bostelmann. |
Perception1 | 781 | |
| 03/30/26 | Meramec River: Onondaga Cave State Park to Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area | 5 | 9.71 | 3:15:58 | 2.973 | 20:11 | 54.06 | 10.81 | Onondaga Cave State Park | 68.4 | Blue Springs Creek Conservation Area | 78.6 | 73, sunny and some wind.
Subtracted .35 for walking around the gravel bar with my GPS running. Saw
baby Bald Eagles in nest. Saw several groups of buzzards. Maiden voyage of
Ed's new/old We-no-nah canoe. With Rick Peterson & Ed Smith. |
Perception1 | 1145 | |
| 06/10/26 | Meramec River: Pacific Palisades to Route 66 SP | 6 | 14.15 | 3:11:23 | 4.436 | 13:32 | 68.21 | 11.37 | Pacific Palisades | 153.4 | Route 66 State Park | 167.1 | River up a
bit, flowing fast. No stops, only a couple gravel bars. Missed the boat ramp
and had to paddle hard back upstream. So average speed was higher. With Dave Fielder & Rick Peterson. |
Perception1 | 210 | |
| 07/06/26 | Meramec River: Pacific Palisades to Route 66 SP | 7 | 13.69 | 5:00:17 | 2.735 | 21:56 | 81.90 | 11.70 | Pacific Palisades | 153.4 | Route 66 State Park | 167.1 | River at more normal level. Flowing a bit slower then last time. With Rick Peterson. | Perception1 | 181 | |
| 07/22/26 | Courtois Creek: Berryman (Hwy 8) to Bass River Resort | 8 | 10.08 | 3:48:15 | 2.650 | 22:39 | 91.98 | 11.50 | Berryman/Hwy 8 | 6.9 | Bass River Resort | 15.3 | Subtracted .4 miles for walking on gravel bar with GPS running. First half of float was just the 3 of us, quiet. Second half, lots of rafters, tubers, kayaks and canoes. Saw lots of fish, turtles a couple blue herons. With Dan Bostleman & Rick Peterson. | Perception1 | 288 | |
| 08/05/26 | Huzzah Creek: Brickey Slab to Huzzah CA River Access | 9 | 11.96 | 4:05:48 | 2.919 | 20:33 | 103.94 | 11.55 | Brickey Slab | Huzzah CA River Access | Substracted .03 miles for walking on gravel bar with GPS running. Used Bass River Resort to shuttle my truck. Drug bottom a few places but made it thru them all. Lots of rafts, a few tubes and some other kayakers. Same float Rick & Dan did last week. With Rick Peterson. | Perception1 | 401 | |||
| Feet | Meters | |||||||||||||||
| Total Mileage | 103.94 | 32:14:58 | Total: | 4521 | 1378 | |||||||||||
| Target Mileage | 225.00 | 121.06 | Avg: | 565 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Percent Complete | 46.2% | 121.06 | miles needed Total | |||||||||||||
| Elapsed Day | 217 | 148 | 5.73 | miles needed per Week | ||||||||||||
| Percent of Current Year | 59.5% | 0.82 | miles needed per Day | |||||||||||||
| Monthly TOTALs | Mileage Total | Paddles Per Month | ||||||||||||||
| January Mileage | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| February Mileage | 9.66 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| March Mileage | 44.40 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| April Mileage | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| May Mileage | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| June Mileage | 14.15 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| July Mileage | 23.77 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| August Mileage | 11.96 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| September Mileage | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| October Mileage | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| November Mileage | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| December Mileage | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 103.94 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Mileage at end of 2025 | 698.54 | |||||||||||||||
| Current Year Milege | 103.94 | |||||||||||||||
| Cumlative Mileage since 2016 | 802.48 | |||||||||||||||
| Target Mileage (800) | -2.48 | |||||||||||||||
| Vessel | EOY 2025 | Current Year | Total | |||||||||||||
| Wilderness1 - Wilderness Tarpon 100 (blue) | 13.52 | 0.00 | 13.52 | Lauri Peterson's first kayak | ||||||||||||
| Kayak1 - Unknown (red) | 1.55 | 0.00 | 1.55 | Hoffmann's kayak | ||||||||||||
| Kayak2 - Unknown (blue) | 18.50 | 0.00 | 18.50 | Dave Fiedler's kayak | ||||||||||||
| Oldtown1 - Old Town Twister (red) | 5.56 | 0.00 | 5.56 | Rental kayak, Riverview Ranch, Bourbon MO | ||||||||||||
| Perception1 - Perception Pescador 12 (red) | 656.38 | 103.94 | 760.32 | Rob Anderson's kayak | ||||||||||||
| Perception2 - Perception ??? Sit-in (red) | 3.03 | 0.00 | 3.03 | Lauri Peterson's second kayak | ||||||||||||
| Totals: | 698.54 | 103.94 | 802.48 | |||||||||||||
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