A Two-Day Kayaking Trip on Kentucky's Green River

Part 2: • Another Two-Day Kayaki...
An overnight kayaking/canoeing trip on the Green River in Kentucky, beginning at the Green River Lake Tailwaters and ending at the Russell Ford Ramp. About 22 miles of paddling. Recorded August 28 & 29, 2021.
Samuel's channel: / @bluegrassbackcountry
Nick's channel: / @smokeybeesnatural
Music:
Drifting at 432 Hz by Unicorn Heads
Slow Times Over Here by Midnight North
Wistful Harp by Andrew Huang

[@beyondthecampfire]

If you enjoyed this video, please consider checking out the previous episode: The Azaleas of Gregory Bald - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaSWl5Wjl8mGbsk

[@starman9458]

Last time I canoed and kayaked the Green River was in July 2012 and June 2014. I miss kayaking the river and would love to get back to it in the summer some other time.

[@RiverJumper7]

I took this same trip down the Green River 142 miles trip in my Kayak, it was one of my best trips I have ever took. Loved your video and thanks for sharing your River adventure, God Bless. I Subscribe-to Your channel.

[@paulschuhmann4534]

That was a weak fart Samuel! 😝😂

[@beyondthecampfire]

It was the best he could do on short notice! 🤣

[@pootinplays]

This is awesome. Reminds me of a similar style to adventure archives. Love the edit and cinematography. the voice over is like reading an old journal.

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thanks so much! I probably wouldn't be making these videos if not for Adventure Archives, so I take that comparison as the highest of compliments. I'm glad you enjoyed the sights and the sounds.

[@piccleartoland1565]

This is good because you can pile on more provisions than if you went backpacking.

[@BluegrassBackcountry]

You have outdone yourself, Chad!! Your new investment in camera equipment truly has pushed you into the realm of “professional” with these videos. I feel honored just being a guest among such wonderful footage!! As always, I have several thoughts that I wanted to pass your way: -your intro on the “why” of these trips is very touching. You nailed my emotional experiences to heading into the wilderness quite well. -You made me look awfully cool at the base of that waterfall at 0:26 -3:52 your comments about the trees “showing their true nature in varying hints of gold” is an awesome perspective on this part of summer in Ky -4:03 reflection from that “blazing white star” with leaves floating by is wicked cool -4:52 the slomo of the sycamore with the sun peeping through and the serene music is so peaceful and meditative -6:03 the river “seaweed” dancing amidst the clear Green is a very cool shot -8:28 still so impressed by your “Liquid Forest” comment. It is truly fitting for this video and trip. -8:53 the lighting here (and for all your video) is particularly good (perfect shot for your thumbnail). Even with my color blind eyes, the richness and density of green is almost overwhelming. That Panasonic kills it in color and low light. -10:19 the thunder/iron weed sequence is so cool and is quintessential Kentucky summer in essence. -10:32 so glad your mic picked up those owls. One of my favorite moments from the trip. -11:21 I love the banter you captured of us at dinner time. That meal was so fun together -12:19 Lava Corn!! -12:36 amazing macro of that frog. Belongs on Nat Geo, so clear, I can see his nostrils flaring, wild! -13:45 your bravery bringing the camera out into the river paid off with that sunset!! -14:35 I love the caveman vibes we give off around this fire. It feels so naturally human, sending us back to our roots of surviving in the elements with precious lifelines like a warm flame. -15:26 I love the sounds of the morning here. The birds and the cicadas still being asleep made for a relaxing time over breakfast. -16:12 the above view of the pancake and picnic table is a really cool perspective -17:31 one of my favorite spots and shots of the trip. Doesn’t look like that belongs in Kentucky or the Green River. So beautiful. -18:52 so much color here. Amazing, loved the waterfall sequence -22:14-- words of wisdom here. You definitely spoke truth for the three of us- times like this and friendships like ours gives a recentering of life, priorities, and a sense of gratefulness for the life that’s been gifted to us all. -23:06 love the outro with us following my uncle’s truck. That is a touching memory you captured of my family that I’ll come back to and revisit and cherish. There are so many years and memories tied to that truck -23:41 all the bloopers were pure gold, but I just love that you captured this random man almost falling while picking up trash 😂 -25:05 Paul is right, I could have done better with that fart 💨 🤣 I know I probably always say this, but I mean it when I say that each new video you release becomes your best one. The footage from this emotionally connected trip feels like it was captured on film, and is a cinematic ode to my hometown and introducing you all to my family. Thanks for creating this memory for us. Can’t wait for the next adventure, brother!!

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thanks brother! I really appreciate the time and effort you put in to pick out the details and share your thoughts on them. I definitely wanted to do your hometown proud with this one, so that was extra motivation for me to put out something I'm happy with. It means a lot that it's created something memorable for you too. It's also good to know that you think the footage is an upgrade over my old phone footage. I was starting to doubt it, haha. I'll have to show you the difference in video quality between the original render and KZbin's compression job 😒 Thoughts on your thoughts: -I'm glad you share my opening and closing thoughts. I was trying not to put words in anyone's mouth! (our thoughts in their head!) - Your cool waterfall shot is the result of shooting from the kayak, haha. Such smooth panning! - The "blazing white star" shot and the sun through the sycamore were spur-of-the-moment shots that turned out way better than most of my meticulously-planned shots 😁 - I really like the thumbnail shot too. It's the one that inspired the liquid forest thought. It just looks surreal. - I'm very happy with the mic. I've always been frustrated with not being able to pick up more natural sounds, like those owls. It also let me get all that camp banter, and the Lava Corn, haha. That whole camp sequence is my favorite part of the video. I've been wanting to do a camp sequence like that for a long time. - I agree, taking the camera into the water was worth it! - I love the caveman vibes, haha. Totally agree with what you're saying. That scene could be taking place at any point in human history. - We'll never get another pancake scene like that one! I can't believe we got that perfect sizzling sound and that perfectly-cooked pancake on a single unplanned take! - That waterfall was crazy. I'm glad you found it, because I would have paddled right by it. We seemed to be much farther from home while we were near it. - I'm glad you like the shot with your uncle's truck. I wish it was a little longer so I could have done a better job with the credits, but I really like it too. There's something nostalgic about it even for me. - I'm so glad that random dude walked into my shot and almost fell down 🤣 - Sounds like Paul has challenged you to up your fart game in a future blooper, hahaha! Thanks again, man. It's always a joy to read your comments and go back to my video to check out the things you mentioned. Here's to the next adventure! 🍻

[@Smokeybeesnatural]

So wonderful! Your videos are so peaceful! They make my heart slow down and lungs breath deeper! Then you hit me with pure comedic gold! Awesome video brother!

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thanks Nick! I'm glad you found it peaceful. That's usually what I'm going for. Trying to preserve some of that peaceful feeling of being out there so we can relive it when things get crazy! I'm glad you liked the bloopers too, haha. That's two straight trips where we both fell in the water 🤣

[@DryBonesOutdoors]

I love how Samuel is still old school with the canoe!!!

[@beyondthecampfire]

And he handled it by himself like a champ! I love that canoe. So much that I've stolen it from him the last couple times we've been on the river 😁

[@DryBonesOutdoors]

@@beyondthecampfire I had a canoe just like that and I put a motor mount on it and had trolling motor on it. Their a lot of fun!

[@cdm915011]

Great cinematography , narration and score. Feels like a documentary. Nice works and Ky has so many beautiful places to enjoy.

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and share your thoughts. I don't think I'll ever stop finding new great places in Kentucky.

[@imatkingTX]

Loved the poetry of the commentary!

[@beyondthecampfire]

I'm very glad that you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching (and listening)!

[@SideTrailAdventures]

I haven't finished watching this yet but had to pause and just say...your composition skills are incredible...truly next level. Your videos are my new benchmark when I try to create. Thoroughly enjoying this one...now back to watching.

[@delilapipoly]

Beautiful channel, great upload ❤️❤️👌🏻

[@whattovisitinromania5044]

Beautiful experience in the nature! ❤️ Very peaceful and relaxing video to watch!

[@paulschuhmann4534]

Chad, you are a sublime filmmaker, bravo my friend!

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thank you Paul! That means a lot. Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@OldGoatintheWoods]

Nicely done! Video scenes, commentary, music, & action all well blended.

[@michaelciceraro7707]

Thank you for a great and relaxing video. Talk about getting away from it all during lunchtime.

[@beyondthecampfire]

You're welcome! Glad I could improve your work day. I like to do the same thing on my lunch breaks. Thanks for watching!

[@KEITHMAYOR7]

The intro😂🎉

[@themangymarmots]

Top tier soundtrack and the narration is in a league of its own. 5.0/5.0

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thank you! I'm glad you like this one too. I appreciate your feedback. It's good motivation as I dive into another edit.

[@OutdoorOperator]

Another great episode! I have trouble picking out my favorite part; the narration, cinematography, and audio complement each other so well. I'm already looking forward to the next one!!

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thank you! I'm glad all the elements came together for you. Sorry for the delayed response, I was out in the Mt. Rogers High Country for a long weekend. I've got a lot of footage to sift through for the next episode!

[@OutdoorOperator]

@@beyondthecampfire No worries! Mount Rogers high country is a great place and I bet you had good fall color. Looking forward to the video!

[@beyondthecampfire]

@@OutdoorOperator The fall color was near peak at the higher elevations. It was the perfect time to go. Can't wait to start sorting through the footage!

[@deanhunt9873]

It was really good seeing you eat but I'm telling you you have no idea what you could have had let me know what you think

[@mackjenkins7721]

Hello this was a good kayak camping trip Adventure you had. I can tell you guys had a blast. Kayak camping is so awesome I just love doing it. I did a 27-mile kayak camping trip with my family last year on Father's Day weekend and this year we're planning on doing a 30-mile camping trip on Father's Day weekend. Man I can't wait. The campsite you had look very nice. I like how you guys were wearing sandals while you were kayaking too. I have to kayak Barefooted 👣style because i have big very very extremely wide feet sz15 6 EEEEEE wide with very chubby fat wide toes that are equally straight across making my foot very very wide feet at 6 1/2 inches wide from my big toe to my lil toe. My foot outgrew shoes , socks , & boots when i was 18 years old & flip flops is the only footwear that will barely and i mean barely fit me because my toes are wider than the flip flops straps. I used to be able to wear Teva sandals until my toes got fatter and wider to the point that the straps won't fit across a foot that 6 1/2 inch wide. I think if I toes was not straight across and was at a 45-degree angle like everybody else's toes are I could find a sandal to wear. This was a great adventure. I'd enjoy watching it thank you for sharing.

[@66bigbuds]

There are monsters in that river. The Army Corp of engineers varified it. Their divers came up white as ghosts and scared to death. They saw fish big enough to swallow them whole. That was in the depths under the Spotsville railroad bridge. Then upriver by dogkill creek there are numerous witnesses. That have seen dogs or deer grabbed and eaten while they were swimming. While I was parked next to the river one evening at Spotsville something was giving me an Erie feeling so I started the car and tried to leave, but the tires just threw gravel. The car didn't move. Then all of a sudden the car lunged ahead like something let go of it. I don't think it was the Sasquatch that had also been seen in the area several times. By the way there is a whole under the Spotsville railroad bridge that is 700 feet deep. That's why the Army Corp of engineers divers were there. Giant catfish and paddlefish as big as Buicks and back then Buicks were pretty big. Sometime in the early 70s.

[@thelair3867]

Wish I had friends to do this with :/

[@JeffLancaster1]

I think the waterfall was called thousands springs. About 8 us us went through there about 30 years ago. In August you could not stand under the falls and count to 10, it was so cold. Great Video!

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thanks! I was wondering about that. That name sounds right, and it fits the description. It was just as cold as some of the natural springs I've been in. Great place to cool down on a scorching summer day though!

[@babsmusic]

John Prines' Mullenberg County could be playing during this!!!

[@beyondthecampfire]

That would have been a good choice! It wouldn't be the first time I wanted to use a copyrighted song in a video. It's too bad I'd end up in KZbin jail for it 😅 Thanks for watching!

[@babsmusic]

@@beyondthecampfire We love your shows

[@beyondthecampfire]

@@babsmusic Thank you! It means a lot to me to hear that.

[@deanhunt9873]

I watch your video I only had one thing to say is there any way I could go out with you guys and have a good experience like you did it's very special being with friends please let me know

[@rickfine822]

you can certainly write!!!......Bama Rick

[@beyondthecampfire]

Thank you, Rick! My writing career never got off the ground, so I decided to sneak it into my videos 😉

[@rickfine822]

@@beyondthecampfire write.....you have talent, self-publish

[@beyondthecampfire]

@@rickfine822 Thank you for the encouragement. That means a lot to me.

[@tiffanywilliams1013]

Where did you camp at? Also if it is on private land, do you know of any places to publicly camp along that river on that same trip?

[@beyondthecampfire]

Sadly, there are no public camping areas on that stretch. We were lucky enough to get permission from someone to camp on his land. I wish there were more public areas to camp on the river.

[@mitchknapp7746]

How was you guys able to get permission for camping.

[@beyondthecampfire]

We were lucky enough to get permission from a family friend who owns land along the river. We owe him one. It was a great spot. Thanks for watching!

[@deanhunt9873]

If there is any way we can get together and go kayaking and camping on the Green River please let me know I would love to share that with you have a great day