FOR SALE Extrasport-Personal Flotation Device (PFD) Type III Coast Guard approved. Size: Adult Large. More than 90 LBs with chest size 43"-45". Zipper front...
After discussing with Paul, I wanted to pass along an email from Paul Klonowski involving a Lake County Forest Preserve District Referendum and some Cleanup...
Dawn in the Dells Jim Dykema, Bob Phillips and Sarah Hartman joined me on this paddle. Jim left his house at 4:00 making me wonder did I schedule this too ...
This is an early fall kayak camping trip on the Wisconsin River. Camping will be on a island sandbar. The put-in will be at Gotham, WI about an hour west of...
It would take me several hours to sum up 35 days of paddling in one trip report. Further, it would take me several months to even come close to Tom Bamonte...
Yes, I know the callendar says Wilson Ave. - but why deal with the doggie fence when just down the beach is the Montrose Beach launch site? And, this time of...
Rob (a fellow LCFPD Water Trail Keeper) and I are meeting at Skokie Lagoons tomorrow after work for a Goof-off Paddle around 5pm. Canoes and Kayaks welcome....
Just got back from the Apostles with Steve Muntz and my son Keith. One of the best things about the trip was Steve's cooking. The weather was perfect and the...
Last year when I visited Wilson Ave. Beach, there was about 30 - 40 yds of beach north of the doggie fench. You could park on the street just north of the...
It's hard to believe that Labor Day has already passed, and even harder for me to believe I got this far into the paddling season without getting out on Lake...
This is it! These proposed rules could make portaging any one of 28 dams on seven of our most paddled water trails a Class A Misdemeanor. If these rules pass...
This is it! These proposed rules could make portaging any one of 28 dams on seven of our most paddled water trails a Class A Misdemeanor. If these rules pass...
Hi all, We are still on for Tuesday night out of Montrose Beach. Winds should be out of the NW with waves 1-3 feet. Water temps are down to 70-72 and the wind...
After last weeks rains, the Des Plaines went from approximately 35cfs to 338cfs based on the river gauge near Rt 120 in Des Plaines, I would be remiss in my...
Tom, sorry I can't make it but it sounds like fun, and it is good to know "your" river in different conditions. If you mentioned before that you were a...
The weather was perfect, the waves were civil, the sunset was spectacular, and the company excellent. Sarah ... to ... is ... the ... launch ... following ... ...
Below is what I am planning on sending to IDNR. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions from the group before I finalize this. From: Tom Eckels <my...
Tomorrow's weather forecast hasn't gotten any better so I think I'm going to call this one off. Looking at the NWS, Wunderground and The Weather Channel, we...
Anyone doing the CSM Sept. 27th may be interested in this announcement. You may sign up for the Friday surf clinic without signing up for the CSM which is...
Just out of curiosity, anybody live in the Zion or Waukegan area? How'd I do with the decision to call off the paddle today? Here in Rockford it was raining...
In Arlington Hts we had very little thunder but a lot of rain, 10 inches. Some of the roads became flooded and were closed. With the rising rivers, I think...
We had thunder here in Rolling Meadows during the morning and the lights flickered all day. Rain finally quite toward evening. Rain is nice to paddle in....
With the water being up, anyone interested in doing the run from Busse Lake put in up Salt Creek to the RM high school? Meet around 5:30? Sarah...
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Sep 17, 2008 2:21 am
The Village of Minooka received a $50,000 grant from the Department of Natural Resources to build the canoe access to the DuPage. The access will include a...
There is a Referendum in Lake County IL for the Forest Preserve District to be able to continue to expand, acquire more lands, and keep up the lands that they...
The IDNR announces the following river closures due to high water. The DesPlaines through Cook, Dupage, Will and Grundy Ctys. The DuPage through DuPage and...
