Chicago River Canoe & Kayak
The Great Outdoors, Right Next Door

2009 EVENTS CALENDAR
	Trips to Area Rivers	Moonlight Dinner Paddles
	Lap the Lagoons Tours	Skyscraper Canyons Trips
	Paddle & Pedal	Kankakee River Trip & Crane Viewing
	Races	Lessons
	Cardio Kayak	Employee Outings & Team-Building

TRIPS TO OTHER AREA RIVERS

Little Calumet River trip - Last year, our group followed a pair of egrets, birds that many people associate with the Florida wetlands, down the Little Cal in south suburban South Holland.

round trip upriver through forest preserves and then back to the launch
Sun. June 14th, 11:00 or 12:30 launch
$25 / boat (single or tandem kayak or canoe)
Make Reservations at 773 704-2663 or at our e-mail

Salt Creek trip - West of the city, Salt Creek meanders through forest before pouring into the Des Plaines. We'll paddle from Brezina Woods (off La Grange Rd.) to Brookfield.

Sun., July 26th, 10:00 launch
$35 / person in canoes & tandems; $45 / person in single kayaks
Make Reservations at 773 704-2663 or at our e-mail

Des Plaines River northern trip - a 2 ½ hr. paddle in a serene setting in the forest preserves of Cook County.

Mon., Sept. 7 (Labor Day), 10:00 launch
We'll launch at Rivershire Park (just north of Deerfield Rd.) and paddle to Camp Pinewoods at Euclid & River Rd.
$35 / person in canoes & tandems; $45 / person in singles
Make Reservations at 773 704-2663 or at our e-mail

Kankakee River Paddle & Crane Viewing - Each fall, all the Sandhill Cranes of the upper Midwest fly south, stopping over at a single preserve in Northwest Indiana for a month of socializing and courtship. We’ll head over to paddle a stretch of the Kankakee River, where we may see some cranes and other migrants, then swing by the Jasper-Pulaski preserve for the sunset spectacle of as many as 15,000 cranes returning from their daily feeding grounds.

Sat., Oct. 24; Sun., Oct. 25; Sat., 31; or Sun., Nov. 1
paddling starts at midday; crane viewing from an hour before sunset; (the hours vary a bit from day to day with the sunset)
Make Reservations at 773 704-2663 or at our e-mail
$40 / person in canoes & tandems
$50 / person in singles
We'll provide transportation for a $10 contribution to gas.
Bring binoculars if you have them! And a camera.

Chicago River Canoe & Kayak The Great Outdoors, Right Next Door

Chicago River Canoe & Kayak
The Great Outdoors, Right Next Door