Grab your paddle and enjoy Illinois' beautiful rivers. This comprehensive guidebook--the only one for Illinois--features 64 trips on 33 rivers. Rivers covered include Cashe, Des Plains, Embarras, Fox, Galena, Mackinaw, Middle Fork, and Spoon. This is the ultimate guide for canoe or kayak enthusiasts of all abilities.
This book attempts to raise awareness to everyone both inside and outside an urban area as to the unique serenity that paddling offers.
In this book you will find descriptions of over 1500 miles on 59 rivers and creeks in Northern Illinois.
A mix of amusing anecdotes, opinionated lessons and rants, sprinkled with offbeat gaiety, Paddle Your Own Canoe will not only tickle readers pink but may also rouse them to put down their smart phones, study a few sycamore leaves, and maybe ...
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Down Illinois Rivers: Or, Float-paddle Adventures
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From powerful whitewater to leisurely stretches, this book profiles trips for both novice and expert paddlers.
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In this little book, Loewen skillfully makes these connections without sermonizing, resulting in nuggets of wisdom about how to live, how to act meaningfully, and perhaps how to die.
Newly revised guide to the best paddling trips in Iowa, contains trip ideas, and environmental, geological, and historic points of interest.