Benson Creek

Benson Creek - Low (~1.5ft)

On Saturday I picked up my new creek boat, a Bliss-Stick Huka, in Bowling Green. I traded the Dagger Rival canoe that I had for it. I paddled one in New Zealand in 2004 and liked it back then and after paddling it on Sunday I still like this boat today.

On Saturday night I attended the NPFF as the area got hit with some good rains. With the Benson running, Josh and I decided to run it instead of the Rockcastle on Sunday.

The Benson was a great run, very local to my house, a little low, but still fun. There were a couple of good surf spots this day and the falls were runnable, though I walked around while Josh ran them. He fought pretty good to keep from getting pulled back in. Others that ran the falls made it look pretty easy.

The run was quick, maybe a couple of hours. But I was able to try out the Huka and I really liked it. I can't wait to do some overnighters in it.

Benson Creek Google Map
Video from Benson Falls (Josh's run is the last one)