The shooting still happens on the Mulberry, which drains west off the
Boston Mountains.  There's an infamous bridge about a 1/3 of the way
down called McIlroy's bridge.  Mr. McIlroy got heated up when the
Arkansas Supreme court ruled that the Mulberry was a navigable
stream" thereby allowing canoeists to portage without violating
tresspass laws back in the early 80's.  He never got it and would
shoot his shotgun over boaters' heads and cuss a blue streak. The old
man died and we thought the problems were over, but his son was and
still is TWICE as bad!!  It's almost a game to see if you can quietly
snaek past his homestead without him seeing you now.

Required Vanagon content?  I used my Vanagon to shuttle my canoe and
kayak students' boats when we'd have classes up there.

DM&FS

At 10:52 AM 4/25/2007, vt wrote:

>Yes.  I lived in the Missouri Ozarks (Taney County) before Branson
>became Nashville West and Vegas West for the entertainers and
>tourists, and just when the Wild Rivers Act was being enacted.  That
>is truly precious canoeing and kayaking water on the rivers there in
>Arkansas and Missouri.  Of course, locals at the time the laws were
>passed were not entirely happy.  It was not at all unusual to be
>drifting and have to carry over a craft because locals felled trees
>across the streams to block what they figured would be millions of
>trespassors ... I recall on one trip, having someone on a river bank
>shooting off what sounded like a 12 guage over our heads for several rounds ...
>
>Sam Conant
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@ipa.net>
>To: "vt" <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:36 PM
>Subject: Re: Michigan Waterfalls
>
>
>>I'll put in a plug for Arkansas' waterfalls, although you can't
>>drive to too many of them.  You CAN run lots of them in your
>>whitewater kayak though, but for the canoe crowd. viewing Hemmed In
>>Hollow on the Upper Buffalo River is truly awe-inspiring.  Any of
>>the Tim Ernst coffee table books will leave you wanting more(
>>www.timernst.com  ).  If you ever get a chance to see one of his
>>photo shows, don't miss it.
>>
>>DM&FS
>>
>>At 08:33 PM 4/24/2007, vt wrote:
>>
>>>I recommend, in Tennessee, Falls Creek Falls State Park.  My family (all
>>>200+ of us) spent a delightful week there  back in the mid-1990s.  The park
>>>managers rented us a complete campground in  the park with a fully equipped
>>>kitchen and dining hall, plus canoes, bath/shower/toilet facilities and
>>>outstanding hospitality for a week.  And, the they threw in the fantastic
>>>falls as a part of the deal.  The park is located south of Knoxville.
>>>
>>>Sam Conant
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
>>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:10 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Michigan Waterfalls
>>>
>>>
>>>>If it's falls you want, and you're headed down south, check this out:
>>>>
>>>><http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-5797345-6256706?url=search->
>>>>alias%3Daps&field-keywords=alabama%27s+canyons&Go.x=12&Go.y=10&Go=Go>
>>>>
>>>>I should know, I wrote the book!
>>>>
>>>>Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Apr 24, 2007, at 7:23 PM, Jack R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Michigan is a great Waterfall state!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I've had many Vanagon 'Westy' adventures in Michigan.  If you are
>>>>>planning
>>>>>your summer trips. think Northern Michigan.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/maps/statemichigan.shtml
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Jack
>