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Mitch Leavins shared some amazing photos from the Tall Peak Hike on Monday evening during the Super Moon.

The Bayou Chapter had a great time at the River Rat Paddle Challenge this year. Barbie found us a Bayou Bandit fight song and we entertained ourselves as much as the crowd at packet pickup in Alley Park. We then gathered at Flying Heart to carb up on some pizza. Some members then got adventurous and paddled Bayou DeSiard in almost total darkness.

Saturday brought the famous race but only Mark Robinson and Thomas Chapple tackled the 8-mile challenge. The other 11 Bayou Bandits gamely took on the 3-mile Mini Mouse meander. Roy O’Neal continued his streak as oldest paddler and along with his son Ted did not finish last this year. Mark Robinson was our only team member who had a podium finish

Thanks go to Melissa Leporati for her lodging and culinary services and her willingness to help anyone she sees in need. Thanks to Mark Robinson for…

On Saturday, September 13th, several BCOS members met up at Cheniere Area 8 in West Monroe to participate in Ouachita Green’s annual Water Sweep. We had 11 paddlers picking up trash in that area of the lake. We also picked up a couple new members!

Turns out, the lake was pretty clean and we saw a lot more scenery than trash as we carved our little paddle trail through the duck weed covered water. The water cleared up the farther we went. Surrounded by beautiful tupelo gum trees draped with Spanish moss, we paddled and visited while a few hopefuls cast their lines out to lure in fish. We paddled out to an abandoned beaver hut and found a selection of sticks with lots of gnarls and bite marks that a few of us plan to repurpose into hiking sticks. Tricia Grayson captured a stunning photo of a beautiful swallowtail…