We started the rest day with a big breakfast and left for the boat pretty early to try and catch the start of the Husker game at the Bambooze river bar on the Big Sioux River. We piled into their boat docked at the marina on the Missouri River and traveled upstream to our stop.
During the third quarter with the Huskers up by ten, we went upstream on the Missouri several miles to the next bar to catch the end of the game. By the time we got there the Huskers were in a tie game with a couple minutes left against FCS McNeese State. Anxious times to say the least. The Huskers won on a near last second play and gave the bar a collective sigh of relief.
We floated back down the Missouri back to the Bambooze where we stayed for awhile. At this time Coby, Matt and I got the idea to jump off of a bridge that supported pipes crossing the Big Sioux. After using the boat depth checker to find it was 16 ft deep under the bridge, we climbed onto the bridge that looked about ready to fall over any minute and jumped. It was pretty close to being the tallest thing I have ever jumped off of.
The rest of the night took us to Jolly Rodgers, a night-time float on the Missouri through downtown Sioux City, and to JD's driveway for a bonfire. I caught the end of the Oregon State game at the last stop well after midnight as they were playing in Hawaii. I was running on fumes after a long day and night, and slept like a rock on their coach when we got home.
Sioux City over the Missouri River
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