Tame the Wisconsin River

Had the need to put in at least once before our adventure to Florida. Cruised up to the Wisconsin River at Peck's Landing, only to find a nasty ice shelf and some deep water. Getting in would be OK; getting out may have proved difficult.
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Koa liked the Arena put-in better, and so did I. Water on entry is pretty shallow, leaving some room for error and mis-calculation. Peck's Landing the water was moving pretty fast; not sure how Koa was going to react getting in and out of the canoe as it has been a couple of months since she has been in a boat.
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Blue skies and a light breeze; could have been any given summer's day on the river, simply put beautiful.
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Clouds started to fill in a bit, but the weather held nicely. I got a call from a friend who was an hour away up wind from me watching the weather; he said it was snowing pretty good.

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Self portrait on the float down; dipped into some chocolate macadamia nut coffee, just taking it all in. A couple of small hawks overhead eyeballing lunch.

- Koa watching the shoreline for any movement. Squirrels, bunnies you name it, she wants to chase it. Stayed in the middle of the river to avoid any mishaps.
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Some of that Wisconsin River muck sticking to the boat. While I was taking pictures, Koa off on an adventure must have rolled in some dead fish. It was a stinky ride home let me tell you.

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Time to pack it in stinky dog and all; a quick stop at the Rutabaga paddling shop to get a new deck compass. Somehow somewhere I left it. Looked all over for it. Drats...

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Hour and a half later and down $175.00, I finally left the shop; resin repair kit for paddles, new cook-set, compass and a new stove and KaBAMM!! They gotcha!

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Thank goodness Buffalo Wild Wings was across the street, sooth the buyers remorse.

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The Capt'n