I read a book once by a couple who put in behind Rutabaga, paddled down the Yahara and the Rock River and down the Mississippi. Then they portaged across New Orleans into the Gulf of Mexico, and paddled down to Key West.
They used a canoe, not a kayak, but the principle is the same. Robbie Webber wrote: > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Barbara Whitney <[email protected]> > wrote: >>If you put >> your kayak in starkweather creek behind Olbrich gardens, how far can you >> go >> up, anyone know? >> > > I don't have a kayak, but friends tell me that they travel from > Madison to Stoughton on the Yahara/Cat Fish Creek. Since that dumps > into the Rock River, which goes to the Mississippi, I assume the > answer is "anywhere you want." > > I have seen people hauling kayaks and canoes on modified bike > trailers, so you wouldn't be the only one. Two options are to get a > long-bed trailer like those available from Bikes At Work in Ames, > Iowa: www.bikesatwork.com/ Or put wheels on the end of the kayak and > lay the other end on a standard trailer bed (like a Burley stripped > down to the frame.) People put wheels on their canoes for Paddle and > Portage, so again, it can't be that complicated unusual. > > Either way, let us know what you do, 'cause the same thought has > crossed my mind. Besides, I don't want to dea with a roof rack on the > car anyway. > > Robbie > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
