Canoeing the Cannon River
The "stay-cation" is all the rage this year. With the struggling economy in mind, all the local press is pumping the idea of summer vacations that keep you close to home. We did a mini stay-cation the other day, taking the day off and driving to Cannon Falls to go canoeing on the Cannon River.
We rented boats from the Cannon Falls Canoe and Bike Rental on the banks of the Cannon River just beyond the quaint downtown of Cannon Falls.
The canoes carried us 8 miles downstream and then we got picked up in a van and taken back to the starting point.
It was a beautiful day, not too hot, with a gentle breeze to keep us from sweating to death in the sun. Since we've been so short on rain this summer, the water level was pretty low. We got stuck on the rocks a couple times and had to push to get free.
One of the best parts of the day was our bald eagle count -- we spotted three!
That brings my summer eagle count up to seven.
Labels: Minnesota
posted by Kelly at
5:00 AM
3 Comments:
You remind me eagle pic I am having. Will post someday.
The place looks beautiful.
I was canoeing on Barton's Cove and saw some eagles in a nest, but they weren't that big. Turns out they were the babies. I looked over to the left on another island and there was dad looking down at me. "Yikes!" I said. "I know you. You're on the money!"
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