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‘The hardest thing' – Lincoln kayaker spending summer on 2,321-mile Missouri River
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‘The hardest thing' – Lincoln kayaker spending summer on 2,321-mile Missouri River
- Peter Salter
- Aug 29, 2021
- Aug 29, 2021 Updated May 30, 2026
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Graham Jordison of Lincoln, moments before he started a 2,321-mile kayak trip down the Missouri River from Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis.
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Fully loaded, Graham Jordison's kayak weighs roughly 250 pounds.
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On his first day on the water, Graham Jordison saw a grizzly.
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Graham Jordison prefers to camp on Missouri River sandbars. Fewer bugs, he says.
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Graham Jordison spent last week on South Dakota's Lake Oahe.
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Wesleyan professor Jerry Bricker kayaked the Missouri this summer from its headwaters in Montana to Nebraska City. A decade ago, he floated the lower stretch, from Nebraska City to St. Louis.
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The choppy waves of North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea nearly flipped Graham Jordison's kayak.
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A GPS-fed website shows Graham Jordison's location on the Missouri River in real time. Late last week, he was on Lake Oahe upstream from Pierre, South Dakota.
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More than midway through his trip down the Missouri River, Graham Jordison has seen more animals than humans this summer — including this young moose in Montana.
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The 10 best beaches in Nebraska ... no, really!
Lake Mac
Lake McConaughy has natural white sand beaches.
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Calamus Reservoir
Windsurfing off Calamus Reservoir beach is popular.
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Wagon Train Lake beach
Sun, sand and water lure visitors to the beach at Wagon Train Lake in 2012.
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Niobrara River
A beach along the Niobrara River.
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Branched Oak Lake
Hayli Spellman, 5, plays in the sand on the beach of Branched Oak Lake in 2009.
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Pawnee Lake
A family recreates along a beach at Pawnee Lake State Recreation Area north of Emerald in 2010.
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Box Butte State Recreation Area
Tree provide shade along the beach at Box Butte State Recreation Area.
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Brick's Beach
Catelynn Acker, 2, of Wahoo cools off in 2003 while walking along the shore of Brick's Beach at Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area.
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Swanson Reservoir
Swanson Reservoir is along U.S. 34 west of McCook.
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Two Rivers State Recreation Area
You can fish from the beach at Two Rivers State Recreation Area in Venice.
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Lake McConaughy
The beaches of Lake McConaughy provide scenic vistas.
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Graham Jordison of Lincoln, moments before he started a 2,321-mile kayak trip down the Missouri River from Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis.
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Fully loaded, Graham Jordison's kayak weighs roughly 250 pounds.
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A GPS-fed website shows Graham Jordison's location on the Missouri River in real time. Late last week, he was on Lake Oahe upstream from Pierre, South Dakota.
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More than midway through his trip down the Missouri River, Graham Jordison has seen more animals than humans this summer — including this young moose in Montana.
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Graham Jordison prefers to camp on Missouri River sandbars. Fewer bugs, he says.
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Graham Jordison spent last week on South Dakota's Lake Oahe.
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The choppy waves of North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea nearly flipped Graham Jordison's kayak.
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Wesleyan professor Jerry Bricker kayaked the Missouri this summer from its headwaters in Montana to Nebraska City. A decade ago, he floated the lower stretch, from Nebraska City to St. Louis.
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