RE: [Paddlewise] The urban paddler

Barbara,

Can you (or any other paddlewisers) recommend any places for renting kayaks
in the Chicago area?    I'm travelling there in a couple weeks.  
Thanks, Ted Whitney
Farther South of San Francisco

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Barbara Kossy [SMTP:bkossy_at_igc.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:15 AM
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> Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] The urban paddler
> 
> One of my favorite urban paddles was on the Desplaines River in Chicago.
> As
> we paddled upstream we traversed a golf course. Golf balls, attendend by
> Canada geese lined the side of the stream. Golf carts trundled overhead on
> a little bridge. I wished I'd had my helmet! Farther upstream we
> encountered two wild reporters from a TV station tracking down "outdoors"
> news. They interviewed us. Farther along we saw deer, (not far from
> semi-submerged shopping carts under a street crossing). The whole trip was
> highlighted by a view of snapping turtles spinning around in the murky
> water together. Mating perhaps? It was spring.
> Barbara
> South of San Francisco
> 
> 
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