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Float Trip Faux-Paws
There’s no better way to spend a hot summer day than floating down a cool Ozark stream. But spending time on the river can turn dangerous if you don’t follow a few commonsense safety rules. And we all know that nature should be cared for — not abused — so that other people can enjoy it, too.
These ornery raccoons are making a few faux pas, poor decisions, and dangerous blunders. Can you circle 13 things that you would do differently?
- Trees don’t love it when people carve things into their
- trunks.
- Look before you sit. Poison ivy might make your rest break awfully itchy.
- “No Trespassing” means “Stay out!”
- Chopping down live trees is illegal in many places and unwelcome in others.
- Diving into water is dangerous (and maybe deadly) if you don’t know the depth or what’s underneath.
- Piling too much stuff in a canoe is a great way to make it flip.
- Not wearing a life jacket when you’re on the water is dangerous. Standing up in a canoe is a good way to fall out.
- Keep a close eye on campfires, or you might burn up your sneakers — or the forest.
- Trash goes in a trash can, not a river.
- Raccoons can drink straight from a stream. Humans should not.
- Always look over your shoulder before you cast. You want to hook fish, not your buddy!
- Nature is a masterpiece all by itself. Please don’t paint over it.
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Bonnie Chasteen
Les Fortenberry
Angie Daly Morfeld
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Marci Porter
Mark Raithel
Laura Scheuler
Matt Seek
David Stonner
Stephanie Thurber
Cliff White
Les Fortenberry
Angie Daly Morfeld
Noppadol Paothong
Marci Porter
Mark Raithel
Laura Scheuler
Matt Seek
David Stonner
Stephanie Thurber
Cliff White