west fork late afternoon 3:00 4:00 5:00 run today

[neighth4n]

still looking for someone to run it after work possibly.

[neighth4n]

i'm heading out. looks like i'll be hitchhiking. id like to run a couple laps on it till possibly past dark. give me a call at 314-four80-two148 if anyone wants to swing out.

[Half Ton]

Man, I went out on monday to scout a section for trash as the annual west fork cleanup is coming up in May. It was a last minute deal so I did not holler at anyone, but just went instead.

I went from woolsey to the Riverside Park in West Fork. It was about 5 or so feet and slightly scrapey down the overwide parts of the stretch.

I saw mostly just trash from the highway and storm drains like plastic bottles, beer bottles, cans and such. One pretty bad illegal dump/burn spot. Other than that it wasn't too bad. Beat the heck out of working.

I then got to ride my bike back to the ride and after only 4 miles and 10 minutes I realized that I was outta shape! but back at the car.

What section did you do? How did the trash situation look?

[nickcoleman85]

I went yesterday with nate and I didn't notice much trash. I did see a few tires half buried in the dirt but couldn't put them in my kayak :

[neighth4n]

same as you man. i got two runs in before dark. it was fun. felt good to get out. one hitch hike and one on the bike. some trash but then again i wasn't looking. let me know next time you head out and keep me posted on the cleanup.

[Half Ton]

Thanks for the reports. yeah those tires be hard to carry on the kayak.

i'll be sure to holler next time and keep posted about the WF cleanup.

There's a river access spot down there on that stretch that's bout a mile from the park that some locals refer to as "the doosh" , needless to say it does get a lot of trash dumped there since it is directly connected to the HWY 71.

Last year someone found an illegal dump spot that had 30 tires :shock: down just by Baptist Ford. 30 tires.