Sandhill Cranes trip

Each fall, all the sandhill cranes of the upper Midwest fly south, stopping at a single preserve in Northwest Indiana for a month of socializing, courtship and eating corn that the harvesters miss.  We'll paddle a stretch of the Kankakee River in its glorious fall colors, where we may see cranes and other wildlife.  Then we'll swing by Jasper-Pulaski preserve for the sunset spectacle of as many as 15,000 sandhill cranes returning from their daytime feeding grounds.

• Paddling starts at mid-day at English Lake, IN; crane viewing an hour before sunset when numbers peak
• Transportation from Chicago available on request