Of course bluffs also means hills... you know, some silly people think that the trip down the Mississippi is downhill (because it's southward). But rivers have hills surrounding them... today began the hilliest part of our trek.
Left: Off in the distance, you can see what we deemed "Suicide Hill."
Below: My dad was insane enough to take out his phone and take this photo as I was pluggin away up this beast of a hill!