Brule Creek

Despite the event being cancelled, John and I decided to go down and paddle the Missouri River from Mulberry Bend to Bolton's Bend anyway. From multiple forecasts we thought there would be a window of opportunity, but more on that later.

I was camping at Union Grove Rec. Area. While I was waiting for a friend from Lincoln, NE to join me, I decided check to see if nearby Brule Creek was paddlable.

View brule creek in a larger mapIt was a little difficult to get to the creek. I had to haul my boat along a hiking trail with semi-dense foliage for, maybe, a couple hundred feet. I then had scramble down a somewhat steep bank, dragging the boat behind me.I did get some good shots while I was down on the creek though.And the point where I turned around...On may back, on one of the ripples, I had to get out and walk my boat upstream. In doing so, I noticed a strange rock. It seemed to have legs and a tail! Here is a picture of the mystifying Brule Creek turtle:The trip only totaled 1.5 miles. Riding downstream was lots of fun, but it was a struggle to get upstream. Low water was the factor. If the water was much higher, it may have been more difficult to launch a boat in the creek though. This trip could be better by finding another point to access the creek and shuttling a vehicle.