Cahaba River

Trip Log

1995-2021

Vance Blackburn

Trussville to White’s Chapel (US 10- County 11)   7 miles
March 2020 Ben, Scott Watson

White’s Chapel to US 78                                            8.4m
July 2013 Ben

US 78 to Grant’s Mill Rd.                                            5.9m
March 2014 solo

Grant’s Mill Rd to 280                                                13.2m                      INITIAL SECTION
1995 or 96 (to Old Overton) Dad
Apr 2015 Jim

280 upstream and back
Apr 03 Will, Ben
Mar 04 Will, Ben
Apr 04 Will
May 13 moonlight/CRS
Aug 14 moonlight/CRS Karen, Sean and Susan Doyle

280 dam to Caldwell Mill Rd                                     3.1m
Apr 15 Jim

Caldwell Mill Rd to Lorna Rd                                     8.2m
Apr 2013 Will and Ben

Lorna Rd to Helena (County 52)                               9.8m
Apr 13 Jim

Buck Creek (Highway 261)
May 18; to the Cahaba and back, solo.

Helena to Shelby County CR Park                            16.4m
March 2019 Overnight
Jim, Greg Graves, Stan Huff, Ted Ferrell, Drew Warren, Andy Harrison

S.C. CR Park to Living River (Tate’s Landing)           6m                             FINAL SECTION
May 2021 Karen, Caroline, Jim, Will, Sarah

Living River to CR National Wildlife Refuge             16.7m
Apr 2014 Art and Arthur Smith, Zoe

CR National Wildlife Refuge to Pratt’s Ferry            6.6m
May 2013 Will, (Huntsville Boy Scouts)

Lily trips CRNWR to Hargrove Shoals and back
May 04 CRS Will, Ben
May 10 CRS Caroline
May 16 Karen, Caroline, Jim
May 16 Karen, Will, Sarah
May 17 Ben
May 19 Karen, Ben, Eden

Pratt’s Ferry to US 82                                                    8.8 m
May 14 Ben, Jim, Brock Armstrong

US 82 to Harrisburg Bridge                                         11.7m
Oct 13 Jim, Zoe, Ryan Graul, Paul (the VC intern), Alan Raudenbush

Harrisburg Bridge to Jericho Bridge                           11.3m                                                                 Oct 06 Karen, Caroline, Ben, Winston Crowder

Jericho to Sprott                                                             11.5m
Oct 04 Overnight w CRS Will, Ben                                                                                                         March 07 Overnight w Troop 96. Ben
Oct 07 Overnight w CRS Will
Oct 08 Overnight w Valleydale Church middle schoolers, Ben
Oct 11 to Barton’s Beach Will, Hoang and Caleb Huynh
Oct 12 Matt Howard, Drew Warren, Mark Kelinski

Oxbow Lakes, Perry County CR Park
2017 CRS, Karen

Sprott to Radford                                                            7.3m
Oct 10 Will, Ben, Jonathan Mooney

Radford to Suttle                                                             9.1m                                                                    May 10 overnight Will, Ben, Zoe

Suttle to US80                                                                  9.7m
May 12 Will

US 80 to Old Cahawba/Alabama River                         25m                                                                       May 16 Overnight. Ben, Jim, Mike and David Blackburn, Caleb Huynh, Andrew Smith, Art           and Arthur Smith

Total                                                                              195.7m