Day 0
Friday, September 18, 2026
Join us the day before the float begins to set up camp and get your boat and vehicle in place for the trip. Tent camping will be available in the Boonville area for Friday evening. Boonville also has lodging accommodations at hotels and bed and breakfasts. Weekend participants will park their vehicles at our camping location in Boonville over the weekend, or have the option of parking their vehicle in Jefferson City on Friday to catch an afternoon shuttle to Boonville. 5-day participants will either park at the 5-day end-point in New Haven, or at the starting campground near Boonville, depending on where they are coming from. We will provide additional logistics to all paddlers and try to accomodate parking options for which direction people are driving from (St. Louis/east and south vs. Kansas City/west and north), to provide the shortest total shuttle times for 5-day participants.