Rogue River - Kayak Trip / Canoe Trip
Report Type: Day Trip Report
Trip Dates: July 28, 2008
Nearest City: Rockford, MI
Difficulty: Easy
Submitted by: Rev. Dr. Rod Otto
Description:
On my 65th birthday my brother-in-law, Rev. Curtis Foreman from Des Moines, IA, and I took the 4 hour trip from 11 mile road to Rockford Dam. It was just 3 hours of leisurely paddling in my cedar fiberglassed canoe I restored over the past 25 years with the help of my good friend Brett D'Agostino, a fellow wood worker (He from the view of a wheelchair!)
We saw a great heron, a duck with a new hatch of ducklings and two holes with about 30 trout in each hole, all keeper size. And I left my fly rod home. Woe is me! But the beauty of such schools of trout was worth the 65 year wait! We also saw a black-bluish bird about the size of a woodpecker with a large white streak on its cheek and a red marking at the end of the streak. Anyone know what it is? There were many throughout the trip always flying a few yards ahead of us.
A fine day with no other sign of paddlers until we got near the dam. A very blessed birth day and July afternoon in Michigan.
Accommodations:
Much available - wonderful restaurant at the dam called "Reds on the River" with a patio along the river and great food.
Outfitting:
Canoe livery in Rockford if needed.
Fees:
No
Directions:
Interstate 131 ten miles north of Grand Rapids, MI.
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