For most of these students, this is their first time paddling a canoe. Dufur says looking out for 26 teenagers is manageable, but as he loads the third pair of students onto their canoe, another pair already paddling tips over. Sev Behrer then jumps into the creek to retrieve the wet students.
On the Big Muddy
Three guides show the beauty of the Missouri River on a canoe trip from Rocheport to Huntsdale
Monday, July 30, 2007 | 2:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 7:21 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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