slow down, was where all sorts of highway men and miss decreeians used to weighlay travelers like us. so these guys stepped in to take care of business. >> wow, that was a big shotgun. that will shoot through an engine block. actually, i don't really know but i'm assuming. at this time of year, there's also the rain and mud, which can mean flooded streets and streams that cut right across the roads. and there's this, the river. in the best of circumstances, a fairly adventurous way to get your vehicles across, a long line across a fast moving current, ferry propelled only by the flow of water. but today, the river is too high and the current too fast. >> river running a little high. >> it's these smaller boats or nothing.