Missouri River Float Trip. Yankton SD to KC MO

So last spring a friend and myself decided to float from Yankton South Dakota back to Kansas City in my boat. Tracker 1754 with a 40 HP johnson was the tool of choice. Since the flooding the last few years all the fuel stations are gone on the river and that made a problem for my old motor. The answer? Buy one of those Coleman 2.6 HP four strokes for Cabelas. It worked well and used about .3 gallon of fuel per hour. We ran about 10 hours a day as it was a slow trip. We had 21 gallons of fuel on to start as I recall. My dad drove us up to Yankton and we put in right below the dam. That dam is the last dam and below it is unrestricted flow to St Louis. I have attached a few small pictures that I hope work out. One of the boat as it started the trip, an Eagle (one of many we saw), Me sleeping in my hammock, a beaver that had no clue as to what we were that kept just swimming around the boat and a view of the river below Yankton. The river is alot like fields of sand with water running through them. We got stuck three times in the middle of the river. Its not channelized up there and navigation is tough. The trip was great. Six days and five night and we plan on floating KC to ST Louis this fall to say we have been on all 811 miles of it. Good times.

sounds like a good time i always said i wanted to do that but i dont think i could get a partner to go along with it

That's COOL!!! Looks like a lot of fun!!!
Every fall, we see folks in canoes going down the Mississippi River. They start in Minnesota and canoe to New Orleans. A couple of guys spent the night at our deer camp one time. We fed them beef stew and BBQ ribs. They said that was the first meat they'd had in weeks. Lol. They were going past New Orleans and hoped to take the intercostal water way around to the Florida Keys. They were writing a book about their trip and took our names down to include us in it.

Sounds like a cool adventure!

Sounds like an awesome adventure.

I have a friend that lives on mo mo out side of Yankton,last year the flood took away the river in front of his house and now its miles and miles of acres of sand.

Sounds and looks like it wa a fun trip.Thumbs Up I dont think I could sleep in a boat anymore though.

OH MAN that is plum awsome,,, I am so not going to do that, sound like a great time was had by all....

Thanks, thanks a ton, another entry to the bucket list. I've got to get busy.

Pardon the questions:

1. Were there towns close enough to the river to restock on supplies. I see the ice chest, but ice won't last that many days.
2. Did you ever need the 40 hp? Did you have to refuel along the way, if so I guess #1 is answered.
3. What nav aids did you use, maps, gps, etc.
4. What did you take that you didn't need, what didn't you take that you needed.
5. Sleeping, in the boat, or shore?

And the one question that everyone wants to know. HOW WAS THE FISHING?

That looks great. Love all the structure in the water. Looks like good fishing. Where does the channelization end going west up the river?