STRANGER CREEK (Kansas)
This tributary empties into the Kansas river near the town of Linwood, KS
and is usually very small. We took a ride up this creek on a day it was
high enough for us to motor back a few miles. Steep sides mostly, it cuts
through farm land. We found interesting history here in the form of a one
time hotel that was used by the railroad and is still standing. It was
later used as a school and now a low-
and white Linwood Café that Scott and I visited one morning after traveling
on the Kaw River. We ordered a breakfast and asked for an orange juice to
go with it. We sat at the counter while the server filled a glass with
water from a plastic container, then mixed in some Tang drink mix. We
counted it one of the many priceless moments in river travel.
PLATTE RIVER (Missouri)
This little river empties into the Missouri near Farley it follows some
hills around the KCI airport
MARAIS DE CYGNES RIVER
Oh boy, what a ride we had on this river. It was at flood stage and rafts
of logs were coming down. Many twists and turns as we powered through the
trees. I pulled berries off vines as we passed through the thick-
areas. The headwaters are in Kansas and flows east until they dump into the
Osage River that flows east to the large Truman Lake area. On separate
occasions we’ve traveled most all of its distance and back, passing through
such towns as Schell City,Taberville, and Osceola.
SAC RIVER (Missouri)
For canoes and kayaks, there are outfitters near Stockton. This is an
ancient and archeologically rich river. I traveled this near the Stockton
Lake area, where the river flows north. The water from the dam is used for
generating electricity and the result is once a day the level of the
downstream SAC River will rise over ten feet. It peaks about midnight, a
very unusual river to run but clear and green.
The Rivers