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Im headed to Thayer missuori today. Im gonna see the grand gulf and maybe Greer spring if we have time. Check back here for pics. If you've never seen the grand gulf, it's really spectacular.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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Let me know if waters down....
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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Well there are storms heading this way, so probably not, I've hiked the whole bottom when it was dry before. I doubt I'll be so lucky this time.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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I was able to hike through the bottom of Grand Gulf when I was there probably about 10 years ago. Pretty neat stuff.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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Lots of water in the gulf, still pretty though. I also found a few neat abandonments. Oh and I saw a cave through the trees outside Mountain Grove while heading down the highway.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:27 pm Post subject: RE: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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Holy shit water is down... See where your gf is standing this is about there.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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I guess there is a cave at the bottom of grand gulf.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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There is definitely a tunnel. Goes from one side to the other. It was dry enough to walk through when I was there.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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Yes, there is a cave and a long nautical bridge that is pretty much a cave. I've hiked it.
But those pics of the water being up pfft..... That's nothing, check these out. They are from um, I think about 2 years ago, when Thayer had a really heavy rain. Yes this is the Grand Gulf....completely full to the top.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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When's the best time to see water all the way down? September or august?
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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I don't really know nowadays I haven't lived out there since I was 17. Back then the best time was late summer dry spell when it hadn't rained in nearly a month.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:01 am Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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Back when I lived there almost every summer there would be a point when it didn't rain for a long time. I dunno about latly, seems like the last few years have been really wet. I will say that IF we hit a dry spell, and the bottom exposes, you want to be quick about getting down there. If the bottom drys out it will, in very short order, become absolutly choked with stinging nettles and saw grass taller than your head.
I hiked the bottom one summer after it had dried out for about a month. The upper section, hopping down all of the water fall area and what not, was fun, but after passing the junction, going towards the natural bridge, if became one of the most muddy, stinky, stinging, scratching, miserable bush-whacks I've ever been on. It was so bad that when I got to the pit end (the big deep end that the walk-way doesn't go down into) I said "fuck it, I'm not hiking through that again" and climbed out of the deep end. Of course I almost fell and died doing that.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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| Never even heard of this place, but it looks cool!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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| crazydrummerdude wrote: | | Never even heard of this place, but it looks cool! |
+1!
I'd check the usgs stream flow gage records for the area to find out the average low flow time.
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Grand Gulf..awesome |
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I love cheesy things like state parks. And I love Missouri. So how the hell have I never heard of Missouri's "Little Grand Canyon".
http://mostateparks.com/page/54967/general-information
It's not even that ridiculously far from me. Pffft... I'm totally going here sometime this year. I swear it.
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