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• Southern Michigan Rivers

  • Start
    2022-08-13
  • End
    2022-08-14
  • Location
    St Joseph County, Michigan (Three Rivers - Nottawa)

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  Date: Saturday-Sunday, August 13 - 14, 2022
  Leaders:  Sherri Graham and John Anderson
  Details: This is a great place for a weekend getaway...not too far from home...less than a 3 hour drive from the west 'burbs...in Amish country.

  We will paddle two stretches of rivers in the area -  which ones depnds on the water levels and/or votes.  

  Join us for one or both days and camping Friday &/or Saturday nights. Camping is at a small private campground with a nice lake for swimming! @$5/person/night. Other accomodations are available in the area.

  Contact us for details...Check out the river trails information @StJoeH2O 

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• Namekagon River

  • Start
    2022-08-15
  • End
    2022-08-19
  • Location
    Namekagon River

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  Date(s):  8/15/2022 through 8/19/2022 
  Leader: Steve LaPorte

  Co-Leader: Greg Vitale 
  Location:  Namekagon River
  Skill Level:   Advanced Beginner
  Category:River camping
  Details:  If you ever wanted to paddle the Namekagon when it wasn’t jammed with party animals, this might be just what you’re looking for.  We will be doing two day trips between Hayward and Trego, then doing a three day river camping trip on the usual section.  The upper section has some mild rapids, so good boat control will be required.  (The trip may be extended, either before or after, if there is interest.)

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• Mecan River - Central Wisconsin

  • Start
    2022-08-20
  • End
    2022-08-21
  • Location
    near Montello, WI

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  Date(s):  August 20 & 21, 2022
  Leader:  Regina Watts
  CoLeader: Sherri Graham & John Anderson
  Location:  Mecan River (near Montello, WI)
  Skill Level:  Advanced beginner
  Category:  Moving water
  Details:  Relaxed paddling weekend. The Mecan River is a tiny, spring fed stream about 5 miles NE of Montello, WI. Day two of the paddle will test your skills in the almost constant convoluted tight turns. This is a beautiful clean, swimmable river which meanders thru open prairies as well as wooded sections. Primitive camping (bring your own water), will be at the Mecan River Outfitters http://mecanriveroutfitters.com/ 

  

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• West Branch DuPage River Paddle & Pub!

  • When
    2022-08-23
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    tbd either Mack Rd to McDowell Grove FP or Winfield to Mack Rd

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  Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022
  Leaders:  Sherri Graham and John Anderson
  Details: We will begin our paddle promptly at 6 p.m. The trip will be under 2 hours ~4.5 miles (we will spot a car at the takeout for a reverse shuttle). After returning to load boats/gear,  we will head over to Two Brothers Tap House located @ 30w315 Calumet Ave, Warrenville (in the industrial area nw of Route 56 & 59 @ approx. 8:00 p.m.) for a late dinner/snack and some camaraderie. Please contact us if you plan to paddle (the shuttle logistics are very important).

  
  

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• Kishwaukee River (North section)

  • When
    2022-08-24
  •  
    10:30 AM
  • Location
    Garden Prairie

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  Date(s):  August 24, 2022
  Leader: Susan Allman
  Co-Leader:   Steve LaPorte
  Location:  County Line Road (Garden Prairie to Belvidere)
  Skill Level:  Advanced Beginner
  Category:  Day trip
  Details:  This is the "up north" section of the Kishwaukee River. It is about an 8 mile paddle with a little of everything; straight, curves, ripples, and possible downfall. Must have good boat control. Bring water, lunch, PFD, and dress appropriately for the water & weather. Car shift 9:30. Launch time 10:30. Contact trip leader for more details.

  
  
  
  

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• New (& Current) Members Trip on Fox River

  • When
    2022-08-27
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Voyager Landing FP, Elgin

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  Date(s):  Saturday, August 27, 2022
  Leader: Bharat Meshwani

  Location:  Voyager Landing FP. 50 Airport Rd., Elgin (GPS coordinates: 42.069280, - 88.272362)

  Skill Level:  Beginner
  Category:  Day Paddle trip
  Details:  This is a special invitation to everyone who has joined PSC since our last paddling season in 2021. This trip is open to all members (new and current) of the club. We will meet at Voyageur Landing Forest Preserve in Elgin and paddle Fox River. Bring your canoe / kayak and join us for an easy Fox River paddle. No car shuttle is needed. We will paddle upstream against mild current to downtown Carpentersville, Main Street Bridge and then return downstream back to the launch site with a total length of approximately 7 miles. For those who haven’t paddled this section of Fox River, it is a beautiful stretch in an urban environment where you will see some wild life near the forest preserves and many islands on the river. There is a broken Carpentersville Historical Train Bridge also that you can see from the river. A newbie paddler will get a flavor of river paddling in mild current. Expect some small power boat traffic in wider sections of this stretch during mid-day. We can practice our paddling techniques (open to ideas), work on speed, get acquainted and eat lunch. You must have your own boat, paddle and a properly fitted PFD which must be worn at all times on the water. Bring lunch, drinking water or non-alcoholic beverages, bug spray and a change of clothes, which you can leave in your car if you wish. Expect about 3 to 3 1/2 hours on the river, depending on paddling speed and activities.There are two launch sites and corresponding parking lots in the forest preserve. Plug the GPS coordinates in your favorite navigation software and it will take you to the north parking of the forest preserve where we will launch from. The launch site is shared by power boaters, fishermen and others but there is plenty of parking available. We just have to take turns and accommodate other boaters while launching / landing. Please arrive at about 9:00 AM to allow enough time for everyone to offload boats, gear up and get ready to hit the water at about 10:00 AM. Bring a chair for the lunch break, if you like.

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• Southern Michigan Rivers

  • Start
    2022-09-03
  • End
    2022-09-05
  • Location
    St Joseph County, Michigan (Three Rivers - Nottawa)

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  Date: Saturday-Monday, September 3 - 5, 2022
  Leaders:  Sherri Graham and John Anderson
  Details: This is a great place for a weekend getaway...not too far from home...less than a 3 hour drive from the west 'burbs...in Amish country.

  We will paddle three stretches of rivers in the area -  which ones depends on the water levels and/or votes.  

  Join us for one or both days and camping Friday &/or Saturday nights. Camping is at a small private campground with a nice lake for swimming! @$5/person/night. Other accomodations are available in the area.

  Contact us for details...Check out the river trails information @StJoeH2O 

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• LABOR DAY PROCRASTINATORS' TRIP

  • Start
    2022-09-07
  • End
    2022-09-11
  • Location
    Wisconsin River (Arena to Woodman)

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  Date(s):  Sept. 7 - Sept. 11, 2022
  Leader:  Steve LaPorte
  Co-Leader:
  Location: Wisconsin River 
  Skill Level:  Beginner
  Category:  River camping         
  Details:  If you wanted to take a river trip over the Labor Day weekend but were unable to, this trip is just what you need.  (People who paddled on Labor Day are welcome, too.)  All the liveries know that the weekend after Labor Day is the deadest weekend of the season, so we can expect to have the Wisconsin River to ourselves.

  This is a four day trip for those who can get a couple of days off work, and a weekend trip for those who can’t.  We will meet at Arena in the afternoon of 9/7/22 and take two days to paddle down to Muscoda.  On 9/10/22 we will pick up the weekenders in Muscoda and paddle two more days down to Woodman.

  This trip is river camping, and is appropriate for any skill level.

  E-mail for more information. 

  
  
  

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• Paddle Board Event

  • When
    2022-09-11
  •  
    10:30 AM
  • Location
    DesPlaines River, Libertyville

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  Date(s):  Sunday, September 11, 2022
  Leader: Susan Allman                                                                                     

  Co-Leader: Steve Voss

  Location:  DesPlaines River (Oak Spring - Rt. 60) 

  Category:  paddle trip & meeting

  Details:  This is a 2 part event. First, we will paddle a section of the DesPlaines River from Oak Spring to Rt. 60. This is a short section (4.5 miles). Car shift: 9:30. Launch time: 10:30.

  
  

  The paddle trip is before our September PSC Board meeting which will be held at REI across the street from the boat launch. You are invited to paddle with the Board! We will eat at the take out. Afterward you may want to shop at REI, head home or join our Board meeting. REI has a meeting room and it is reserved for PSC from 1-4. When you register for this event you are signing up for the river trip not the Board meeting.

  
  

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• Turtle Creek

  • When
    2022-09-14
  • Location
    Shopiere, WI

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  Date(s):  September 14, 2022
  Leader:  Steve LaPorte
  Co-Leader: Sue  Allman
  Location:  Shopiere, Wisconsin
  Skill Level:  Beginner
  Category:  Day Trip
  Details: We will be paddling Turtle Creek from O'Riley Rd. to County Hwy J. This section is scenic, and is appropriate for anyone, regardless of skill level. 

  Contact the trip leader for information. Steve (630) 665-5707

  Initial sign-up must be done through this page, but until the PSC website is fully functional, all updates will be done by personal e-mail from one of the trip leaders.

  I ask that all paddlers sign up. Please do not invite a guest without signing him or her up through the website.
  

  
  
  
  

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• Ozarks

  • Start
    2022-09-17
  • End
    2022-09-25
  • Location
    Southern Missouri

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  Date(s):  9/17/22 thru 9/25/22
  Leader:  Steve LaPorte
  Co-Leader:   Greg Vitale
  Location:  Southern Missouri
  Skill Level:  Advanced Beginner
  Category:  River paddling
  Details: Come join us for a week of paddling in the Ozarks. We plan to paddle the Current River from Cedargrove to Two Rivers, plus possibly sections of the Jacks Fork and the Eleven Point. If river levels go up, more options may become available.

  We plan to arrive on September 17th. Paddling days will be the 18th through the 24th. We will break camp on the 25th.

  We will be base camping at Round Spring, located on Rt. 19 just north of Eminence, MO.

  Information will be provided to anyone interested.

  
  

  
  

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• Kickapoo River, WI

  • Start
    2022-09-17
  • End
    2022-09-18
  • Location
    Ontario, WI
  • Spaces left
    21

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  Date(s):  September 17-18, 2022
  Leader:   Sherri Graham & John Anderson
  Co-Leader:  
  Location:  Ontario, Wi
  Skill Level:  Advanced Beginner
  Category:  Base camping
  Details:  This is a very popular annual trip; usually we go a week or so later when the colors are starting to turn but the river valley as seen from the lookout at the Wildcat Mountain State Park is always breathtaking.  The Kickapoo is known as the 'crookedist river in Wisconsin'; it is intimate and unspoiled and never disappoints!

  We have a group camp site reserved at Wildcat Mountain State Park (the one in the trees) for both Firday and Saturday nights. We will have our traditional feast/community dinner and campfire on Saturday night.

  Call/e-mail for details, to sign up for what to contribute to the dinner and to reserve your spot for the weekend!

  
  

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• It's Our River Days Annual River Clean Up

  • When
    2022-09-17
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Buffalo Park, Algonquin

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  Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022
  Leader:  Jodie Auliff
  Location:  Buffalo Park, Algonquin
  Skill Level:  Advanced Beginner
  Category:  Cleanup
  Details:  We haven't done this in the past few years due to COVID but it's back on. 

  In the past, we have put in at Cornish Park in Algonquin and the take out was Fox River Shores in Carpentersville. 

  Due to construction, we will put in at Buffalo Park in Algonquin and take out at Fox River Shores in Carpentersville so those that have been on this before it will be shorter. 

  The put in and take out are between the Algonquin Dam and Carpentersville Dam so no portaging. 

  PDF required.

  Car shift: 12:00 PM

  Launch: 1:00 PM

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• DuPage River (Plainfield to Seil Rd.)

  • When
    2022-09-28
  • Location
    Plainfield, Illinois

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  Date:  September 28, 2022
  Leader:  Steve LaPorte
  Co-Leader:   Susan Allman
  Location: Plainfield, Illinois
  Skill Level:  Beginner
  Category:  Day Trip 

  Details: We will be paddling the DuPage River from Plainfield to Seil Rd.  This section is peaceful and scenic and is appropriate for any skill level. 

  Contact the trip leader for information. Steve LaPorte (630-665-5707).

  Initial sign-up must be done through this page, but until the PSC website is fully functional, all updates will be done by personal e-mail from one of the trip leaders.

  I ask that all paddlers sign up. Please do not invite a guest without signing him or her up through the website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Kishwaukee River (Belvidere to Cherry Valley)

  • When
    2022-10-05
  •  
    10:30 AM
  • Location
    Belvidere

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  Date(s): October 5, 2022

  Leader:  Susan Allman
  Co-Leader:  

  Location:  Belvidere to Cherry Valley 
  Skill Level:  Advanced Beginner
  Category:  Day trip
  Details:  This section of the Kishwaukee River can have downfall and swift current so good boat skills are required. It will be an 8 mile paddle. Bring water, lunch, PFD, and dress appropriately for the water & weather. Car shift 9:30.

  Launch time: 10:30.  Contact trip leader for more details.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Kishwaukee River - Cherry Valley to Atwood

  • When
    2022-10-19
  •  
    10:30 AM
  • Location
    Cherry Valley

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  Date:  October 19, 2022

  Leader: Susan Allman
  Co-Leader:   Steve LaPorte
  Location:  Cherry Valley
  Skill Level:  Beginner
  Category:  Day trip
  Details:  This is the last Wednesday trip of the year.  The trip will be from Baumann Park in Cherry Valley to Atwood Park.  It will be a 9 mile trip. We will stop for lunch. Bring water, lunch, PFD (must be worn on the river), and dress appropriately for the water & weather. Car shift 9:30. Launch time 10:30. Contact trip leader for more details.

  
  

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