[flipper35]

We have a fiberglass lake canoe. We have access to those same aluminum ones. My wife took the girl scouts last summer (or two summers?) in the AL ones and we were to meet them with the trailer 4-5 hours later. The made it less than half way and called from a borrowed cell phone and were already 2 hours late. We had tried many times to contact then but never did get them on the river. An eagle scout and I had to walk a couple miles up stream to get the last two and gave them a flashlight and the two of us took the canoe down in the dark. The last two were adults. One was pretty experienced and the other was afraid of everything. They were very grateful to give up the canoe and walk back.

I have made that trip several times and even with my wife and our daughter in we have made it all the way in less than 5 hours and we stop for snacks about half way down. Where we put in and take out are both farmer friends.