Bardstown Boaters to Monitor Local Streams

Members of the Bardstown Boaters met with City of Bardstown officials Thursday, Nov. 19th to discuss an organized effort to identify unlawful discharges into the community's local watersheds. The Bardstown Boaters agreed to provide volunteers that will walk local streams and tributaries to locate, photograph, and record any evidence of discharges or system failures. These efforts spanning the next five years will ultimately help the City combat illegal storm and sanitary discharges that contribute to stream pollution, erosion, debris, etc. The Bardstown Boaters are excited to be part of this plan and look forward to working again with the City of Bardstown to improve the quality of our local waterways.

Russell Fork Gorge: POV

Get a good look at the Russell Fork Gorge at 300 CFS. Shot in POV with a helmet cam.

Original link: http://www.vimeo.com/7836344

Whitewater Park Scanned Articles

Here is a Thanksgiving treat. We have added scans from the Kentucky Standard about the Bardstown whitewater park to that section of the website. They are from the past four years. You can go straight to them here: Kentucky Standard scans

Video of Near Flush Drowning

That time Mike almost flush drowned

By DAVE | Published: The River Lifestyle

In early June, several good friends and I took a boating trip to Idaho. It was the peak of snowmelt and the rivers were raging. After an amazing two days on the SF Salmon, we finished the shuttle and camped near the incomparable mountain town of Yellowpine. The next day we paddled a high flowing East Fork of the SF Salmon (Check out that link for what the EFSF looks like at normal flows). Mike took a huge, long swim, just barely making it out of the river. I had my headcam on and caught the entire episode on video. After he finally got to shore, I stopped kayaking for the day. I just didn’t want to see that go down again.

Green Race 2009

Green Race 2009 from Matt Porter on Vimeo.

Deer Hunter

Bardstown Boater member Wes Parish is one happy deer hunter today.

Check out my bruiser of a buck. Typical 8 with 2 kickers on one side for a total of 10 pts.

A lot of years on the stand are behind this one. Been hunting since I was 12 and had never gotten anything close to this.

Now that I’ve had the opportunity to BAG THAT BUCK, I’m realigning my efforts and ammo to BAG THAT KRAG!

A Big Swell

This weekend the largest swell so far this winter hit the Oregon Coast. Sidelined by an injury, I trekked to Cape Meares with my roommate Mike to check out the scene.

The waves were mushy, disorganized, and huge. They just kept coming. Just standing on the beach I was intimidated. There’s something about the vast enormity of these waves that hits me in the chest. Watching Mike charge out in his 15+ year-old Perception Saber was a humbling experience. He got throttled several times, called it quits as the sun set and came out of the water with a huge grin on his face.

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Rock Slide at the Ocoee River

Workers with heavy equipment had cleared all but a few boulders from a rockslide that blocked U.S. Highway 64 this morning when, with a tremble and a roar, another huge slide spilled across the road and into the Ocoee River gorge.

Festival of Faiths

The theme of the Festival of Faiths in Louisville this year is "Water." Below are some of the great kayaks that are on display as well as an art sculpture on mountain top removal. This is all at the Henry Clay building for the next week.

Pine Mountain Trail Hike

Jay Thomas and John Thomas on the Pine Mountain Trail in October 2009. Click here to view the gallery.

John and I hiked 1,300 feet up to the trail via Mullins Road near Cliftwood, VA. Trail ended 17.5 miles later in Elkhorn City where we met up with dad, Luke, and Toby. Highlights were Birch Knob observation tower, horseback riders sharing their blackberry moonshine, multiple vistas of KY and VA, camping near Natural Bridge, Skegg Overlook, bobcat sighting, etc...etc. Strenuous hiking but very worth it. Good training for SW Texas in January.