Outdoor Weekend- Kayak Adventures

So I recently took a weekend and traveled from Tennessee to Arkansas. I wasn’t “camping”, but pretty much spent 99% of the time outside, except when my head hit the pillow. We arrived Friday mid-day and as it was about a 3 hr drive to Glenwood, AR where we were staying. I made this trip with 11 people from our Memphis Hiking Group. We were pleasantly surprised to see cute little cabins that we were going to stay in. We needed two cabins for the number of people we had. We had a great dinner Friday night and had to be at the river to get ready for our kayak down the Caddo River. A lot of folks had dry bags to store food and cameras, but some of the group didn’t. I highly recommend if your going down the river in a canoe or kayak you prepare with a dry bag as over ½ of our crew flipped their kayak.

We were bussed down to the river and our kayaks were waiting for us. It was a little dubious getting into the kayaks, but most of us managed. A couple had never kayaked before so that was a little strange, but they made it.

We stopped for lunch and those of us who hadn’t fallen out ate our dry lunches. Definitely needed water bottles, sunscreen, hats, sunglasses and water shoes. All of which you can get at Fortheoutdoorenthusiast.com Some of the men, and sometime a women, bottomed out the kayak and got stuck on rocks. It was a joint effort to get everyone down the river. There was one set of rapids that took out 3-4 people.

I am so happy to have my group of people that love the outdoors as much as I do. We finished our river trip and headed back to the cabins. After a quick nap, most of us were still thirsty for more adventure, so we drove to a waterfall in the area. There was a nice water snake bathing on the rocks. Following the waterfall trip, one of the gang made an amazing meal w/ corn, potatoes, shrimp and sausage (a boil). It was outstanding. We then cooked smores by the campfire and enjoyed more time outside. The next day two of us stopped in Little Rock Arkansas and Hot Springs, Arkansas. I recommend both places. Overall a great trip. Don’t forget to visit Fortheoutdoorenthusiast.com to get all your gear.