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More taken from the - the Missouri River bottoms near .

After all the lead-up, the Missouri River was surprising brief and anti-climactic. A lot of the surrounding lakes and sloughs look just like it - not surprising since the are all located in old river beds.

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More taken from the - the Missouri River bottoms near .

Finally getting close to the river. We went south along the river bottoms for what seemed like an eternity before finally turning east and crossing the river.

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Further taken from the - the Missouri River bottoms near .

It was a frozen day - more cold and ice have than in the Rockies. The Missouri River was steaming like the devil.

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More taken from the - this time from Station and then the Missouri River bottoms near Omaha.

I think we can all agree that the beauty found here is somewhat different from that found in the ...

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8th set of photos taken from the , as it winds along the through the .

Finally we are entering infamous . Railroad or white water raft are the only possible ways to access this rugged canyon, lined with sheer, 3000 foot granite cliffs. The river drops 300 feet in the space of just 3 miles, creating a series of Class IV and V rapids.

You can see why the railroad had a hell of a time building this section. You'd better read about it:

steamboatpilot.com/explore-ste
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_C

americanwhitewater.org/content

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When you ride the , following the east through the for pretty much the whole day, you have plenty of time on you hands to take photos and post them to social media.

We're proceeding chronologically, So these are just east of the border with Utah, in the area of .

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