David Wicks recently added some YouTube video of Floyds Fork paddling. A couple of the clips might be interesting if you haven’t been before, but much of the video is referencing places and possibilities for the Floyds Fork Master Plan. It’s helpful to take a look at the 21st Century Parks master plan documents [...]
On a recent Friday, we decided to investigate Beargrass Creek before taking some Male High School students there on a kayaking field trip. Access is fairly easy. We put in at the U of L Rowing facility which is on River Road just east of Tumbleweed restaurant. I think there is also [...]
This saga begins with a pair of Merrell Stormrider Gore-Tex boots which I got for a steal at Bass Pro Shops. They leaked after six months or so. Merrell agreed to replace them and I got the Merrell Passage instead. They leaked after a year, but Merrell wouldn’t replace the replacements. [...]
Curious what sort of hiking adventures the horseback trails of Louisville’s McNeely Lake Park offered, I got up early this morning to visit this 746-acre park. The riding stable and trails are on the south side of the park on Mount Washington Road (not to be confused with Hwy. 44/Mt. Washington Road in Bullitt [...]
For directions to Henderson Park in Salem, IN, see this previous post regarding Mill Cave. Middle Cave is a lot of fun. It’s not particularly technical, but it’s not a beginner cave, either. For one, you need to drag in a twenty-foot ladder, set it up in waist deep water, climb up [...]
Henderson Park is about an hour from Louisville, near Salem, Indiana. It is jointly managed by the Nature Conservancy and the town of Salem. There are three caves on the property; Mill Cave being the least technical to explore.
The first adventure is just getting to the park which entails stopping by the Salem [...]