Bardstown Boaters

4th of July Weekend Trip

dummy@example.com (dawaterboy) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:19:30 +0000

John and I confirmed good camping sites at the mouth of Honey Creek on the Big South Fork yesterday. Also the Honey Creek Loop trail is amazingly scenic with plenty of challenging bolder hopping, stair climbing, squeezing through bolders, creek walking, etc., etc. to enjoy.

So, plans are for 4th of July weekend to do a two-nighter boating, hiking, fishing, whatever in the BSF gorge.
Actual plans will obviously depend on water level, who can attend, and what everyone wants to do. My preference would be to boat the BSF gorge to Honey Creek where we'll set up camp, next day do hiking, more boating, fishing, or whatever from that spot, and last day float the rest of the gorge out and head home.

Brother John is getting married later in July so this will be the greatest sendoff to 30 years of bachelordom.

Back up plans for unfortunate low water on the BSF may include playin with the crowds at the Pigeon River and the Smokies, French Broad and the Appalacian Trail, New River and the New River Gorge.

Who's in?

Elkhorn tomorrow

dummy@example.com (dawaterboy) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:36:28 +0000

Elkhorn Thurs after work. 5 o'clock. Call me if you can meet at the takeout.
thre nin sex, seben seben nin fibe.

crocs

dummy@example.com (Spalding) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:07:10 +0000

Spalding,

I left a pair in the RV. Did you find them?

Getting excited about the Paddle Pick Up

dummy@example.com (Wes P) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:11:58 +0000

I hope we have good weather this year.

Monday boating

dummy@example.com (dawaterboy) — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:29:57 +0000

anyone interested in hitting the elkhorn monday?

Planning my first whitewater trip

dummy@example.com (cupid2787) — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:44:44 +0000

The girlfriend and I have been practicing on the Flatrock river in indiana and are looking forward to our first whitewater trip. We are planing to go down to the Elkhorn river this Saturday October 17th. We have recreational kayaks with touring skirts.

Being that this is our first trip down an unfarmiliar river I was wondering if anyone in the area wanted to come to. Maybe point us in the right direction, and give us a few pointers. We were planning on drinking a few at one of the distileries or at the bar after the trip, so I'd be happy to buy a few beers as payment.

My email is
ben.schwegman@yahoo.com so drop me a line if your going

Thanks in advance,

Ben

Sunday

dummy@example.com (TimWheat) — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:46:35 +0000

Sunday boating anyone?? Not sure what will be running.

Twitter

dummy@example.com (Spalding) — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:46:07 +0000

I highly recommend Twitter for the clubs use in communications and conversations. The public exposure on there might help grow the club and it's causes. If you don't have an account, set one up and begin to follow us at https://twitter.com/bardstownboater.

Twitter may seem pointless at first, but the more you use it, the more you will love it.

Also note, that when you start a new topic here on the forum, that topic is automatically tweeted and facebooked on the Bardstown Boaters pages.

I've also added our Twitter stream to the homepage in the sidebar.

BEECH FORK HITS A HIGH

dummy@example.com (dawaterboy) — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:23:46 +0000

HIGHEST LEVER EVER RECORDED AT THE 31E BRIDGE GUAGE!! CONGRATS OLE RIVER!!

Paddle Pickup 2010 - June 5th

dummy@example.com (Spalding) — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:21:20 +0000

Here is a short breakdown from the meeting held last night. We had 10 members present.

Paddle Pickup
We will try to paddle from Maud, the burg or Manton if the water flow is up. Low water cleanup will be from 49 to the fairgrounds.
Justin will be in contact with the Boy Scouts of America.
We need to lineup a trailer.
Jay will be buying one or two canoes with last years funds.
We will reuse left over t-shirts from last year for new volunteers.
Tim will have the flyer ready mid march.
Danielle is setting us up with some water education folks who will cross promote the event.
Kenny will talk with Dean about the dumpster.

We also unveiled the whitewater park cost estimates and drawings. Everyone liked what they saw. The city will recieve them next and we will pursue the next steps with their guidance.

Best moment of the flood

dummy@example.com (Spalding) — Mon, 03 May 2010 12:51:55 +0000

Police investigating report of jet skis operating in floodwaters behind Riverside First & Last Chance liquors, New Haven …

http://twitter.com/NCGBreakingNews/status/13260074004

new kayak/canoe shop in the Highlands

dummy@example.com (TimWheat) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:13:00 +0000

So I was reading on the Viking forum that apparently the grand opening of River City Canoe & Kayak is this Friday, and presumably will be open for business this weekend.

It's located at 814 Cherokee Road which is right across from Cave Hill Cemetery where Cherokee crosses Baxter and turns into Broadway.

Here's the link to the thread for anyone who is a Viking and wants to attend the event on Friday:

http://www.vikingcanoeclubforum.org/php … amp;t=4972

New Member

dummy@example.com (dawaterboy) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:52:21 +0000

Most welcome to the newest Bardstown Boater member Henry Spalding Hurst, born yesterday.
Congrasts to Mr. President and family!!

Creative Community Think Tank

dummy@example.com (j.carpenter) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:43:13 +0000

NCEDA held a Creative Community Think Tank this morning and they are looking for ideas to draw in more young professionals. What would you like to see happen in Bardstown? From a Qdoba or Starbucks, whitewater park, free wifi, film festivals, street concerts, or anything else, what would sweeten the deal for you on living in Bardstown?

BSF Overnight

dummy@example.com (TimWheat) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:25:01 +0000

Looking to do a BSF Overnight in June or July. Want to include the Honey Creek Loop trail also...soooooo I was looking into possibly runing the gorge with gear and camping at the Honey Creek confluence. Next day bushwacking up to the trail and dayhiking it and looping back to camp. next day float out to O&W or Leatherwood.
What I don't know is if there is a campsite at the confluence. I read that there are some up Honey Creek, but that would include packing the gear up some steep slopes (doable, but not prefered).
Anyone available for a reconn trip April 23 or 24 to look for a campsite. I'll prob take the duckie so there's another seat open.