Giltweasel

Redbird sounds like Moselle, but smaller(Moselle hasn't been a going concern since the death of the stagecoach). I see a Redbird Rd. in that area of the Bourbeuse headwaters, but no evidence of a settlement. Like Eastwood at Noser Mill this must have been a thing in the past, but today is nonexistent. Where were you when you saw the neat old buildings? Road intersections and such? Same with Spring Bluff, what locations are you finding? Roads, intersections, etc. to help others find it. Some of these towns aren't anything more than a cluster of old houses anymore. Maybe they had a golden age before every family owned a car, but now it seems they only exist for the sake of hanging a sign. Before the consolidation of schools there was a school house every mile or so, evidenced by all the old roads with "school house" in their names. I think that centralizing the school districts may have done as much to kill the truly small town/settlement than anything else. But it has left a network of roads that get us to the river in different locations. While many of these are more driveways than actual public traffic lanes, they do still serve the floater, which is a good thing. I'm camping with Scouts for the rest of the month and wont be able to hit the water until October, if then. Still, I'd like to have a destination to plan for. Late September we should get some rain and maybe I'll be able to float these headwater areas in a few weeks.

Was parked at Mayer's in a convertible chevy while watching kids take kayaks up and down at the landing. We were standing on the ramp and the cloth roof was cut. Took my wife's purse(with nothing of monetary value in it) and scattered all her IDs, photos, and cards. Took about 2 hours for a Deputy to arrive as it was the same day as a bad shooting in the county. I would not leave anything valuable unsupervised AT ALL at that access, or Reiker's. Union access isn't as bad still wouldn't leave anything valuable. UPD will check on it if there's activity, but that doesn't seem to deter the transient element.

Mayer's as of last month was flowing well at the ramp. I like the shallows around there with all the mussels. Within the last two years there I've pushed my fist into the mud/sand and pulled up 20+ quarter sized mussels in my hand. Makes me think it's not quite as toxic as in my youth.

Never been above Tea myself. I'm in Union so it wouldn't be a long hike to get wherever you're going. Would like to try someday. Conor, if you ever figure it out, make a post and let us know how you got in. Thanks!

Wanting to do a quick float with Boy Scouts this weekend. Will put in at Mayer's landing along UU and take out half-way to the Union access, or put in half-way and take out at Union. Flow rate is currently in the ~450 range, but has been over 1000 in the last few days. Only a little bit of rain expected between now and then. I don't want to take young Scouts on the river at anything over 800 ft^3/sec. Looking for a nice, uneventful, but not too strenuous float. Anyone else out on the river that happens to see us say hi! Wish me luck!

Joined the site just for this sub-forum. Thanks for showcasing home! It's nice to see the Bourbeuse is appreciated for more than the agricultural runoff.