72 Hours Kayak Camping on the Buffalo National River
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- 72 hours kayak camping on the Buffalo National River in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. On this trip we meet up with our good friend Mark.
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Camping Stove
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Igloo Cooler
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6 gallon water jug
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The tent we have is a Alps Mountaineering 6 Person tent
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The new tent fans:
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Cots
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Kayak - Perception Pescador 10.0 (Our model has changed and is no longer available. Here is the updated model)
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Dry Bag - We have 2 20-Liter Seal Line dry bags.
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Cookware - 16 Pcs Bisgear Camping Cookware.
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Cooler - Ozark Trail 30 Can Leaktight Cooler.
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Water Filter - Survivor Filter PRO.
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Camping Chairs - G4Free Outdoor 2 Pack Camping Chair.
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Kayak Camping Tent - Hasle Outfitters Ultralight backpacking tent, 2 person 3 season.
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MSR PocketRocket Camping Travel Stove
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I love your channel. I grew up camping with my Mom and Dad. Then when I had children my two daughters and I went all the time. My husband and son did not like to go. Lolol. I can’t go any more. Battling lung cancer but doctors says looks like I’m winning. Hope you have a successful trip traveling and camping. God Bless.
Praying you get better Godspeed!
Praying for a speedy recovery. God bless
Thank you.
Prayers for God’s healing power 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
You got this Trish 💪🏾🌹
We actually passed you guys in the gravel road at Ozark campground last Tuesday. I got so excited and kept telling my husband “that’s the you tube people I was telling you about 😂. We love the Buffalo and stop anytime our travels bring us close. Much love from Mississippi
In 1936-, an attorney from
Fayetteville named Bernal Seamster and his friends built a two-room log building on a
low bluff about a half mile below Hemmed-in-Hollow. The men called it the Clubhouse
and used it for a weekend retreat. Sometimes they literally hunted and fished from the
cabin's front porch, which hung over the river. After a few years the men quit using the
cabin and soon afterward it burned. A chimney and stone piers still mark the site. 120
Every single video I post people comment telling me to kayak the Buffalo River. Your video right here just convinced me to plan a trip. Incredible! Thank you for taking us along on your adventure.
Dude we would love to float with you if your ever interested! We have watched a ton of your videos of rivers in Texas. If you ever want to meet up hit us up at coden5433@gmail.com
@@CodyandKellie that’s so awesome to hear! I’ve enjoyed following along on yalls adventures as well. Congrats on the nomadic adventure! You guys will crush it. I followed on Instagram and will get in touch whenever your trip out west ends.
We have kayak camped a lot of rivers but the upper Buffalo tops them all.
Gatewood I was about to send you this video on your ig 😆 I'm gonna kayak this river for the first time in a few weeks
@@SnackJar have a blast! You’ll probably get the whole river to yourself this time of year
You guys really know how to showcase the best of Arkansas! This amazing area is like a paradise with so many hidden gems. Thanks for letting us experience it with your excellent filming, editing, music choices, etc. Now, in addition to the best of Arkansas, you guys will be bringing us the best of wherever else you roam. Best wishes; you got this!
yes they do show Arkansas very nicely . been oven 30 years down there. but only on work driving truck to le dorado and little rock and batesville and jonesboro.
There is another local outfitter in Ponca that I suggest using....Lost Valley Canoe and Lodging. They are the BEST!!!!
Thanks for that info. I'm planning a first Arkansas visit from northeast Texas, to kayak, hike and/or camp somewhere in those Ozarks.
I floated this river when I was a teenager. That was over 30 years ago and I hope to do it again someday. Until then, thanks so much for allowing me to live vicariously through you.
Canoed this river with my father and the Ozark Trail Association back in 2009. Great Experience and thanks Dad!
Paddled it my first time in 1975. Knew and was friends with a few who fought to save it. They were visionaries of their day.
Great video, music and scenery is outstanding, simple but beautiful! Now hubby and I want to go camping in the Ozarks, cause it's too hot to go camping in Florida. Keeping it going, I waiting for this video to come on. We are hooked. Thank you and Good luck with your new camping fulltime lifestyle.
In South Georgia those sandbars would have alligators. I love that River, it looks like a beautiful place.
There are some gorgeous stops along the River with short hikes up to falls....spectaculor
Actually the Jacks Fork River and Current River in Missouri were the first Rivers to be designated a National Park in '64 (finalized in '71, so just eeking out the Buffalo). Same situation, nearly dammed it. I wanna say the Eleven Point is similar.
They're very similar to the Buffalo just smaller in scale and they mainly are gravel and chert riverbeds. I'd highly recommend floating either.. Jacks Fork has been a favorite of mine and I've been going over 40 years.
Waking up in the Ozarks, with a crystal clear stream, rolling forested hills, the fog.... There is noting like it.
Either way- awesome video, gorgeous river, great content, keep up the good work. Love your videos!
@@jfc1432 I did some searches and see ‘71 for current & jacks fork, Buffalo is ‘72.
Definitely check it out, it’s amazing. The water is so clear. Bring masks and snorkels.
For a family, I like the Alley Springs camp ground on the Jacks Fork. It is very well maintained, free hot showers, park ranger activities for kids, and an amazing little swimming hole with a bluff.
Edit- found what you meant with “river” vs “river system” . Seems a bit arbitrary since the system is focused on the rivers but I see what you’re saying
@@jfc1432 yeah, curious to know for sure.
If you go, avoid late July and early august. Sometimes the moss can get annoying above Alley Springs.
Be sure to check out alley springs, Blue Springs (on the Current), Rocky Falls, Echo Bluff, the wild horses (try Shawnee area right before dusk). And seriously bring mask and snorkels, half of the amazing sights are under water. Enjoy you’re trip!
Buffalo was first to be designated a National River, not National Park
Takes me back to my twenties when my husband and I floated the Eleven Point, Jack's Fork and the White River in a little raft. That was the beginning of my love for camping.
Man pre made breakfast burritos wrapped in aluminum foil! Just throw them in a fire for a couple mins. Steaks pre seasoned a great supper with a baked potatoe over a fire. Hotdogs and sandwiches for snacks
Thank you for yet another wonderful camping experience. I was so at peace experiencing your experience! You do a phenomenal job with the filming - from So many angles! As I mentioned before, you inspired me to start tent camping in my 60’s! Thank you for that, and good luck on your new adventure in life!
Way to go Roland! They also inspired us 50 & 65 to go back to camping.. Bought an RV a few years ago and it just wasn't worth the work and the money.. Bought tent and a bunch of supplies for comfort and now camping!
I'm blessed to live here. I go every weekend it's warm to fish. The same exact section of river lol. My house is 5 minutesaway just up the mountain. I was blessed to find this place a few years ago, it's a hidden Secret. If you guys come back check out Whitaker point, and Lost Valley which is right beside where this was. Lost Valley has an underground waterfall inside of a cave that you have to get on your hands and knees for about 30 ft before it opens up with an amazing waterfall room. It's awesome up here
You should check out LBL, great kayaking and camping.
On my canoe trips,, long distance,, I normally start the day with 5 or 6 liters of water or Gatoraid down by my feet. I have usually consumed all of that by noon or shortly after. Between 1 and 2 gallons of water per day. Out in the SW US that can be as much as 3 gallons per day, or more (115F this week?) 2 cups per minute,, I am gonna be there for a long time.
Y’all just get better and better!! Go Kelly!!!! She’s goes with the flow until we to deep in the woods!! Snakes! I felt her pain! The underwater video was outstanding!!!! Seeing you guys not living by time must feel so free! Love y’all’s adventurous souls✨✨
I was thinking about attempting this river with an inflatable kayak but I'm having second thoughts, do you bottom out a lot?
Depends on the rain fall
You got some great shots!!
It’s really been cooling off here in the Ozarks these past couple of weeks. Great explanation weather!
Hi! What are the pink things you use to start fires, that looks like ear plugs ? Thank you!!!
If you did this right now you would be dragging a hole lot the white is about the only river you will not have to drag you kayak on right now around here
Just found your channel, awesome. I am now a new enthusiastic sub. Couple of questions, when exactly did you take this trip?. Does the river drop too low later in the summer to do it? What is the best resource for info on this river and a similiar trip and are all the rapids a class 1 or are there more difficult rapids? Thanks.
Thanks for the sub! We kayaked last week. Had to drag a few times but it wasn’t bad. It’s rain dependent. The upper sections above Ponca are class 3 and 4. The lower upper section is 1 and 2. Middle and lower there are lots of long pools.
Just Wow~~ What an epic trip! What EPIC footage AND EPIC videography! I definately want to go there and do that! I've never stepped foot in Arkansas. Drove through it a couple times to another destination - it's really beautiful. Loved your trip!
Just floated Ponca to Kyle’s May 27. Water was a little higher but y’all hit it perfect for camping.
Guys the intro visuals were amazing! The music was so perfect it elevated the mood of my entire town. We all looked up and started bopping our heads like a bad commercial!
Bueno!
The story we were told about the chimney on bluff was that it was a place where the men went to play cards and drink, the women way back then didn't like it all got together and burned the place down. You should see granny Henderson house up in the woods. There are some amazing places to see while hiking or horseback riding the trails out of steel creek. Read all about the displaced families of the buffalo river when the government made them leave especially granny Henderson story. Its amazing
I love that first camp spot and that waterfall that was hidden in the trees. Hell, I could live there...
I always put 75% of the recommended water into the freeze dried MRE's. Yours look a little watery. Come out to Colorado and I'll take y'all rafting in Colorado/Utah canyons. On Buffalo river are there requirements for packing out human waste/portable toilet systems? On our rivers we have pretty strict rules about packing out waste and also packing out all ash/fire debris and have to carry a required fire pan to catch all ash. Cool videos!
No never heard of any waste and ash removal here.
Yall need to collab with gatewood brown in texas. He does kayak camping in central texas. Check out his channel.
Kelly, I want some sandals like yours. They look like they are Teva, but what model are they? Love your videos…they are so inspiring ….keep them coming!
Thank you. They are Chacos
Simply breathtaking! WOW!
Cody, how do you do the underwater shots? Just put the camera underwater attached to something like a selfie stick or do you physically get in the water and go underwater with the camera?
Both
Someone was equating camping with being miserable and I don't agree with that at all. I want to enjoy nature comfortable as the parameters allow (lightweight kayak camping vs backpacking vs car camping). Did you have to go back up river to get the camera for those shots of all 3 of you? What were those pink firestarters?
Yes cody had to go back to get the camera. The fire starters are Bigfoot bushcraft
It sure does look like a giant slide lol
That spot was exceptional. Then again that whole river is gorgeous scenery.
Very peaceful!!!!!!
Loved the video!! You all look so relaxed now that you've made the decision to full time and we love it!! That extra day on the Buffalo River made the video perfect!! Thanks!! Can't wait to follow the adventure out west! We just sold our home and moved into a town house so we would less base camp responsibility and can start disperse camping more!! We are gearing up using part of our proceeds from our sale. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Loved this video! Beautiful river! Now I’m ready for some out west videos. 👍
Headed to Buffalo this weekend for the r camping and canoeing. Any major suggestions?
Not really. The BOC can help you with any other information
My favorite stomping grounds.
I Wana do this sooooo bad for my birthday this year. I stay in Arkansas and this is the river I would like to kayak on. Would you recommend this river for someone who's never been on the river or kayaking?
Yes!
Congrats on your new adventures coming up. Kelly and Cody - thank you sharing - you make your viewers feel like family :)
Sweet memories of a time when life was so much more simple...Love this place, and I dream of returning someday....Thank you to the creators for sharing this beauty....
Hey! I met y’all hiking rattle snake ridge! Where is the best place to tent camp around there to see the night sky, preferably for
Free?
Email me at coden5433@gmail.com
As a tent camper and hiker I love this. Thanks for documenting beautiful places with beautiful videos. You guys will do great on this next phase of your lives. So happy for you! And Cody, I really enjoy your history lessons.
What do you call this pink fire starter things? Any idea where I can buy them or are they homemade? Thanks
Wax cotton fire starters. Can’t recall the brand
Watch the weather when you pick a campsite. I've seen overnite rises that will come to the edge of the trees. Not good to wake up to in the middle of the night. Have fun.
We agree. We use multiple weather notation apps to keep track of weather for week in advance since weather is the main driving force of our lives living out on the road full time
What a wonderful trip. I especially like the underwater footage. The sun shining through the water to the bottom of the river....Magical✨
Glad you enjoyed it
Without getting too personal can you guys share what you do/use for a toilet situation while out camping like that? Suggestions?
Dig a hole
Hi my name is Sharon Tucker and me and my boyfriend was waving at you today, we passed you on Interstate 30 on our way home. I didn"t believe my boyfriend when he said it's Dome Life. We watch your videoes all the time. I'm the one that asked if you ever ate bologna. Lol
😂hey! We saw you.
BRILLIANT! If I were to do it all over again.. I would adventure first, while young and work when I got older!
Noted! We should enjoy our youth while we have it! Society has us conditioned to see everything backwards.
Whats the name of the cott your friend has?
I’d like to know, too.
Same
I think it was “Marchway Ultralight Folding Cot,” and I saw it on Amazon.
Ditto
I cant think of anywhere in the world that is more beautiful than where you were on this river.
I just discovered y'alls channel. My wife and I recently moved to Arkansas, so it is great to find some local outdoor adventure content. You proivde some great content to motivate me toget out there and start exploring this beautiful state! Keep doing what your doing it's awesome.
Absolutely loved everything about this trip, makes we want to pack up the truck and head that way. Awesome job capturing all this on video Cody. You two are living wonderful life!
A couple of comments:
1. Your videos are a terrific intro into life in AR. As a person who lives in the North-east, I've not sen any video of the woods in that part of the country. Thank you for changing that for many of us. Your videos have gotten consistently better and what I really like is how chill you guys are. Some videos give me anxiety because the creators are clearly stressing about trying to entertain viewers. #whoneedsthat
2. Your decision to go full-time must count as the least surprising development ever! :-) We are weekend warriors who have been RVing for the last 4 years averaging 50-60 nights a year. You guys will rock it and that NOBO trailer is perfect for you. I've not seen a similar floor plan so you guys hit the jackpot in terms of finding the needle in the haystack.
3. This video is one that makes me _really_ miss canoe camping. I was an avid paddler before we had kids. I'm so glad you guys are living the dream!
Good luck on your preparations for going full-time!
Thank you for the kind words! God bless
bE SURE AND LOOK UP! There are bald eagles around the Bear Creek spot! And if you go the day after a good rain in Ponca, you'll fly!
You should try Packit Gourmet meals and grocery items. Out of Austin Texas. Their freeze dried meals are the best tasting I’ve ever had.
That's one of the prettiest places y'all have been.
Arkansas is just so beautiful
I just did a backpacking trip there two months ago, check out the goat trail and Granny's cabin if you guys ever get a chance to backpack from Steele creek to center point. It's awesome! I'm about to kayak camp at the end of this month from ponca to pruitt :)
Beautiful Arkansas , My Mom and Dad use to Live In Missouri near Johnson Shut Inns State Park and Elephant Rocks I need lots of tips on Kayaking. Have Fun , Stay Safe & Happy 4th of July .
Good video. New subscriber from Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. What an amazing time!
Thanks for the video! Perfect timing- trying to get my son to go w me, want to drop in at Boxley Bridge to Pruitt Landing on the paddle boards. We can stand-up or attach the kyak seats.
Few years back kayaked Ponco to Kylee Landing weekend before 4th- it was so crowded no place to stop for lunch & swim & the water levels low so their were traffic jams. So many on the river & beaches w their glass bottles- people who can't follow simple basic wilderness rules need to stay in the burbs
Thanks again!!
Have you'll noticed what beautiful skin Cody has? His face is flawless. I'm so jealous.😊😊
Our fave...we have our own vids of hubby doing same stretches last month. Buffalo National River is phenomenal. They had steak and potatoes for dinner, camped at Kyles Landing. Plan on doing the lower Buffalo in September.
Beautiful video. I hope to one day float the buffalo myself. One thing to note . No need to filter cooking water since it will be boiled anyway just save your filter for drinking water .
It would be cool to float/camp with y'all one day. Both my husband and I can't until our dog passes. She is old with special needs. We live near the Buffalo so it would be easy to get to.
I floated the Buffalo as a kids with dad and know with my kids love the Buffalo River next time yall float hit me up I'll float with yall
When I was a kid we did not have Kayaks. We floated down that river in metal canoes. It was a challenge to maneuver it down that river
Awesome Adventure's off Buffalo River! My question is going bathroom number 2. Do you bring shovel, or there is plenty area's you can walk up to has outhouse
You have to walk 200 feet from the river and did a 4” to 6” cat hole with a shovel. We do bring a shovel.
@@CodyandKellie Thank you, I know there are different rules in different States of the rivers. I never done Buffalo River. Planning to do it this summer kayaking and camping!
Hello love the video's. I wish you had a camping store. Put all the product you use. So we can have a one stop shop
Youuse gyzzz, is Awsume. Right now we're camped above graveyard Fields. 5,500 feet, 60 degrees and clear starry sky. Loved y'all's Trip to Big bend! Maybe we'll cross paths . P.S. love the Ozarks and buffalo river near Jasper, they have good coffee there to!
I have floated the Buffalo several times before but not camped yet. That is on my bucket list. I have been gathering things here and there to get ready. Motorcycle camping is on my bucket list too. We've been to Ouachita Lake once but in a camper, but we did have our kayaks.
I know this is an 'older' video, but I love the Buffalo. I drive down from Kansas City to Ozark at least once or twice a year. Single, 63, but I leave my camping gear in my truck so all I have to do is pack up water, perishable food and a cooler. I love the peace and quiet. I spend time in Ponca too. I much prefer the upper Buffalo rather than Buffalo Point. Leaving tomorrow to get there and relax for Memorial Day. I don't mind the crowd because watching the kids (and some adults) jumping off the bluffs is always fun. I usually hang out a bit at Ponca Landing swimming in the deeper water by the low bridge.
Wow. Arkansas is beautiful!!
we float the Buffalo often normally gilbert to rush or 14 bridge to buffalo city there 2 or 2 day floats . great river . it is crowded on weekends in the summer but you meet great people . if you want to experience peace and relaxation give it a try .
Cmon up and do Jacks Fork, Current and Eleven Point rivers in Missouri, too!
Love Jacks Fork!!!
@@melmccaleb It's a great river. All three are. I live on Current River... downstream of the National Scenic Riverways portion...
That is by far my favorite video. Amazing your. Is that a snappy turtle?
Nice to see you guys doing this full time now! Congrats!!
What time of year is that? The water looks so good to be in...
Late May
Kayaked the buffalo river multiple times throughout my childhood. Thought it looked familiar. Miss the ozarks.
As you head west visit Valentine, NE and the Niobraba National Scenic River. It's the sandhills part of Northwest NE and a great place to see and camp. Great hiking, floating, history.
Nice video, enjoyed the dehydrated meal cooking evening, I like to see what everyone else is using for their stove , fuel and equipment, beautiful river !!!
Whoop! Whoop! Been waiting on this all week!❤️
Don’t forget to be weather aware when kayaking and camping on the river we don’t want to get washed down to another county 🤣😳🛶🛶 ⛺️
Great trip, loved the video. I do a lot of camping, but it's with my motorcycle or car. I'm definitely going to get a kayak and do some river camping. I subbed your channel and am anxious to see the videos 😎
Cody, thanks for showing his cot! This will work great for my kayaking trips! Got one now. Thank you!!
Just floated Ozark campground to Hasty last June 19th
Another great video! I just returned from my week long kayaking trip in Northern MN and brought a bunch of Trailtopia as well. Great stuff and thanks for plugging a MN company!
Anyone know brand those blue chairs are
G4Free link in the description below
@@CodyandKellie thanks. Love you guys videos
We bought 2! They are amazing, lightweight and very comfy.
Great music and scenery! Love your channel. Drone recordings are well done. Very nice camping 🏕 adventures. My husband and I used to go with camping with the kids and church retreats so we reminisce. We would love to explore Arkansas one day. Thank you sharing Elizabeth and Richard
You guys have the best outdoor vlog and videos 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Loved this video and I want to try kayak camping one of these days! Wonder how bad the skeeters are on the river, I guess you must expect it but I hate getting all bit up. Water levels looked pretty low, amazing underwater shots but had me nervous that y'all were gonna scrape bottom. As always, great content and I am also amazed by how brave you all are to wear sandals doing all that, I hate me wet shoes and socks but dang I am always too scared to wear sandals in the wild 😂.
Bugs were not too bad
Thats the "clubhouse" on a property built up by Bernal Seamster in 1936.
Majestic river no doubt awesome vid guys and gals! Happy Trails 😎
Great video, music and scenery is outstanding, simple but beautiful!
This is definitely my favorite video! ♥️ Beautiful scenery, kayaking, conversation, music... Love it!!!! Thank you!!
The place looks great been on the buffalo river years ago its great. And your channel is great.
I grew up real close to the river. Floated it many times. Now my daughter takes her family down the river all the time. Surprised I haven't seen 'em floating by in the background!
My cousin and I almost went tipped the canoe over but our ice chest actually saved us! Buffalo River was definitely enjoyable for this North Texan!
Great videography and music. What a beautiful place!
What Kayaks do you and Kellie use? I like them and seem like they are perfect for hauling around.
They are perception pescadors. We love them
@@CodyandKellie Thank you so much! Loving the channel and hope everything is coming along in y'alls next chapter of life, excited for y'all.