Pumpkin Ahoy!

Odd story of the day: Duane Hansen of Nebraska paddled 38 miles down the Missouri River in a hollowed-out pumpkin.  The resulting 'boat' was christened Big Bertha.  Hansen crushed the previous pumpkin distance record of 25.5 miles, set in 2018.  Doubtless, there is an aspiring pumpkin-naut who is even now growing a great orange gourd with dreams of paddling 40 miles or more.