PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri 340 Race stops at Katfish Katy's Campground

Megan Halford, left, goes through her husband's, Brad Bauer, check point times while her cousin, Seth Shoemaker, takes a nap, as they wait for Bauer to come through the Katfish Katy's stop on Wednesday. Being Bauer's ground crew, Halford and Shoemaker have not gotten much sleep. They left the previous check point in Glasgow at 2:55 a.m. and got to Katfish Katy at 5 a.m.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Melanie Hof, front, and her boyfriend Allen McAdams come into the Katfish Katy's Campground check point on Wednesday during the Missouri River 340 Race. This is the first time they have done this race as a team. Hof won first place in the women's solo in 2009.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Melanie Hof rests at the Katfish Katy's Campground check point after paddling through the night on Wednesday. Her sister, Jenny Wright, left, and friend Paul Cox are part of Hof and partner Allen McAdams's ground crew. Cox was a paddler in the race but dropped out due to a shoulder problem at the previous check point in Glasgow.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Chuck McHenry's boat sits by the Katfish Katy's Campground while McHenry rests and gets refreshments and supplies on Wednesday. His son, Loren McHenry, handed him a newly charged iPod for the rest of the race.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Jenny Wright, right, sprays sunscreen on her sister Melanie Hof on Wednesday at the Katfish Katy's Campground checkpoint of the Missouri River 340 Race.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Chuck McHenry's ground crew, made up by Charles Bruns, his father-in-law, left, and Loren McHenry, his son, leave the Katfish Katy's Campground and head out to the next check point at Noren Access in Jefferson City.   |  Tatiana Fernandez