Happy Holidays! While you are filling up your calendar with events please mark down the BCC Christmas Party on Friday, December 6 at 7 p.m. at Paul Perret’s house (address below). Things to remember:
Paul’s address (Please use map quest to find it)
431 Shadeswood Drive, Hoover, AL 35226
The BCC Board will be meeting Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the California Pizza Kitchen at the Galleria. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. All board meetings are open to club membership if you have questions, suggestions, or just generally want to know what we are up to.
Thanks to everyone who came out for the first ever BCC Reel Paddling Film Festival. Show your appreciation by checking out and supporting our many sponsors: Cahaba River Society, Earthborn Pottery, Alabama Outdoor, Black Warrior River Keeper, Coosa Outdoor Center, Iron Tribe Fitness Center and Avondale Brewery.
If you have suggestions on how to improve it for next year please leave a comment or use the contact us form to send us a message. Be gentle with us…it was our first film festival.
Below is a link to a pictorial memorial to John Foshee, one of the founders of the Birmingham Canoe Club, sent to us by Lamar Marshall. Following are arrangements for the service. Please note, in lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Birmingham Humane Society or Alabama Public Television.
John Hugh Foshee
Nov. 19, 1931 ~ Oct. 31, 2013
Mr. John Hugh Foshee, age 81, died Thursday October 31, 2013 at the home of his son in Greenville, Alabama.
Mr. Foshee was a life-long resident of Birmingham and grew up in the Central Park area where he attended Central Park Grammar School and later West End High School.
After stints as a delivery boy, motorcycle mechanic and several construction trade apprenticeships, he began attending night classes at UAB. This led him into the field of electrical design, a profession he continued until retirement.
Mr. Foshee was the author of some 300 published articles in various outdoor, trade and general interest magazines. He was also active in canoeing-teaching river (whitewater) canoeing in UAB Special Studies for 12 years and writing three books on the subject-one of which was the popular guide to Alabama canoeing waters: “Alabama Canoe Rides and Float Trips”. Mr. Foshee retired in 1985 and resumed his youthful interest in motorcycles specializing in rebuilding the old British Marque of BSA.
He is survived by son, John Greig Foshee (Harriett) of Greenville and one grandchild, Amanda Elizabeth Foshee of Birmingham.
The family will receive friends from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Monday, November 4, 2013 at Elmwood Chapel, with services beginning at 2:00 PM. Interment will follow at Elmwood Cemetery.
The Birmingham Canoe Club is hosting the Reel Paddling Film Festival at Avondale Brewery on Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. We have silent auction items from Tena Payne at Earthborn Pottery, $300 in Alabama Outdoor Gift certificates, and boat rentals from Coosa Outdoors. Please we will have original screen prints of our special film festival poster available for purchase too. Please follow the link and get your tickets in advance ($10) or ($15) the night of the event. The Cantina Food Truck will also be there providing food. (Also, please like and share this on FB and in your groups — we really need a great turnout!)
Tickets: http://bccfilmfestival.eventbrite.com
Paul Perret wanted to follow up and provide everyone with the following information on permit applications. The permit application for the Yampa and the Green River (Gates of Ladore) opens on November 1st. The website to apply is: http://www.nps.gov/dino/planyourvisit/non-commercial-river-trips.htm
Paddle the lower Cahaba, a moving water, easy float, on Sun. Oct. 20. We will float a stretch below Centerville. Meet at the Flying J gas station, Interstate 59, at exit 104. 8 am on Sunday, Oct. 20. Good for tandem canoes and rec/touring kayaks.
Trip leader is Shep.
We’re looking for volunteers to hang out at the Cahaba River, eat catfish and drink beer. Oh, and represent the BCC at the Cahaba River Society festival, Fry Down. It’s Sunday, Sept. 29, noon to 4, at Trussville Springs, in Trussville. We need BCCers to bring boats and gear to arrange along the riverside. The idea is to introduce festival goers to paddling. If the water in the river is deep enough, folks (kids, especially) might enjoy getting in a boat just to see what it feels like. The river is pretty shallow there, so we’re not talking about a river trip….just floating around in a pool.
The CRS Fry Down is a fundraiser for the Cahaba River Society. It features a competitive catfish cooking event. There are 12 teams that will be competing, and the public is invited to sample their efforts. We’ll also have a beer garden, featuring brews from all of the local breweries, Good People, Avondale, Cahaba, Beer Engineers and Trim Tab (their debut, in fact).
Entry to the festival is free for those working the BCC booth, the catfish is free and the beers cost just $5, for a good cause. There will also be food vendors on site, if you aren’t partial to catfish and fixings.
I’m hoping to have 3-4 people staffing the BCC area. Let me know if you’d like to spend a delightful Sunday afternoon hanging out at a river, with good food, beer, music and company. Contact Shep if interested.
The annual Fall Colors trip is scheduled for the last weekend in Oct., Oct. 25-27. Camping at River Rats in Tennessee. We’ll do the Hiwassee River on Saturday, Oct. 26. There may not be water there on Sunday, so hiking is an option, or other area rivers, assuming any are running. Bring boats and boots. Let Shep know if you are coming.
Join us the weekend of August 17th and 18th for the annual Summer Slam trip. We’re excited to be joined by June’s moving water class! We’ll have groups running both the Ocoee and Hiwassee Rivers. We’re camping at River Rats and eating as a group at the campsite Saturday night. It’s taco night. Ashley is bringing the meat, and Joy’s class is bringing the toppings. Everybody else, please bring a side, appetizer or dessert to share. Email Ashley if you plan to come. prestonap@gmail.com.