Why a Nebraska man hollowed out a giant pumpkin and paddled the Missouri River In turns out there's another use for pumpkins. It seems to me those that are particularly big would be most stable in the water.
Pumpkin boat racing! Sounds like it would be a good complement to the local bathtub race. Watch People Paddle a Pumpkin in These Unusual Boat Races
My knees ached for days after the trip and at first I swore my pumpkin-paddling days were over. My daughter Morgan has different ideas, though. She wants me to grow a pumpkin big enough for the two of us to paddle down the river together, so that’s what I’m working on now. I reckon it’ll need to weigh about a ton. Can I do it? I think so. Like I said, I’m an optimist. Experience: I paddled a giant pumpkin down a river for 11 hours
