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It was a part cloudy evening and the moon did not show up for our paddle.  At 73 degrees and no wind the water looks like glass just before we paddled thought it.  We paddled around the lake 3 times and then when back to shore.  I would like to thank every one who showed up to make this a fun time and we will do another paddle like this at the next full moon.

Here is who is in the picture in order Mike, Carol, Kyle, Marie, Jeff

There will be a paddle Saturday October 20, 2007 from Rockford to Byron on the Rock River.  At this time it looks like there will only be a high 69° and breezy.  Please dress right for this paddle.  We will meet at Paddle and Trail parking lot at 12:00 noon to find out where the put in and take outs will be.  I am being told this would be about a 2.5 hour paddle.  The river is quite shallow in this area so there will be very little power boat traffic.  See are WEB site for more details and up to date information.

More information about the paddle:

Put in will be at Blackhawk Park, Rockford, IL at the boat ramp.  This park is next to the Marinelli Stadium, Rockford, IL or on the east side of the Rock River where 15^th Avenue crosses it.  The coordinates to the boat ramp are latitude 42.247174° by longitude -89.103714°.  The tack out will be a small rest area one half mile south of Meridian road on Illinois route 2.  The coordinates to the take out are latitude 42.180237° by longitude -89.181390°.  The trip on the river will be about 8.11 miles long.  The current gage on the Rock River at Byron, IL is at 7.25” and running at 7390 cubic feet per second.  This normally this would be running at 4960 cubic feet per second.

Trip Report

Date:                   9-11-2010                                             Leader:    Jeff Reuter                                                             Co-Leader:

Body of Water:   Rock River                                           From:  Macktown                                                                 To:  Atwood

Gage Height:     5.31″                                                     Discharge:   6230

Outdoor Temp:   55            Cloud Cover:   Cloudly with some rain

Number of Kayaks:     5      Number of Canuce:      0       Total Boats:  5

Name                                                                    Start Time                             Elapsed Time              Length             Average Speed Link
rockriver_20100911_macktown2atwood      9/11/2010 9:59:04 AM         2:48:25                          9.8 mi               4 mph

 It started as a mistly day but in the end the sunday did come out at about 12:00 pm.  Is was grate paddle even thought it started wet.  Here is the map of where we where:

Trip Report

Date: 08-31-2008                                     Leader: Jeff Reuter                      Co-Leader:

Body of Water: Kishwaukee River               From: Baumann Park        To: Seth Atwood Forest Preserve

Gage Height: 5.62 Ft.                                       Discharge: 280 CFPS

Outdoor Temp: 86              Cloud Cover: Mustly Sunny

Number of Kayaks: 4          Number of Canoes: 0            Total Boats: 4

Date: Oct 19, 2008               Leader:  Jean Burleson               Co-Leader: Bob Hollander

Body of Water:  Lake Koskonong/Rock River              From:  Royce Dahlman Cty Park                    To: Newville DNR Boat Landing                                  Outdoor Temp:  50’s             Cloud Cover:   Sunny becoming partly cloudy

Number of Kayaks:    9       Number of Canoes:          1   Total Boats 10

Paddlers: Bob H., Jean B., Bill D., Bill H., Jeff R., Carol M., Carol L, Kathy and Wayne S., Ed G. (Ellie S. joined us for breakfast)

We left Dahlman at around 9:30 and paddled about 2 miles down the lake. The day started sunny with a light breeze (5- 10 mph) and a chill in the air. The paddle went well with almost no powerboat traffic and the paddle craft armada stopped for breakfast at Fin’s Restaurant, just beyond the highway 59 bridge. After an hour or so of talking smart  and eating black bean bread, we got back in our boats and paddled about 2 more miles down the Rock River. While we were eating the wind came up (about 15-20 mph) and created some interesting waves on the last part of the river. While the headwind and waves made the paddling a bit harder, everyone handled it just fine and Bill  and Bob even spent some time playing on the waves while the shuttle was taking place. We were loaded and left by about 2 and most got home in time to see the Packers beat Indianapolis.