Unlike the loose gun law state of Aizona, where it’s super easy to get out n shoot ‘em up, Illinois has some really POOR recreational shooting opportunities. There is one exception: Buffalo Range Shooting Park in Ottawa, IL. For $25 per person, whether or not you have a FOID card, you can bring virtually anything [...]
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Wyalusing State Park: A Co-Meetup Event
This was a fine attempt at creating a co-meetup group outing to include the FYB: Chicago Area Kayaking and the Northwest Burbs Camping meetup groups. There seem to be plenty of members in common, I’m not one of them. The trip was great. It provided awesome scenery, great paddling and a few extra surprises. Sadly, [...]
Busse Woods Picnic (FYB: Meetup.com)
This was the Float Your Boat Meetup Group’s “KAYAK SOCIAL BBQ & BOAT-SHARE SEASON OPENER” at Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village. The weather was horrible that morning, but it seemed to clear up just in time for us to have our event. I brought my dining fly/canopy just in case. Rachael was shooting that [...]
Kankakee River Paddle
The weather was pretty daunting, but we did this paddle anyway. The Kankakee River was high, fast and parts had my adrenaline running. There is a narrow stretch where the ripples seemed to approach Class II. The limestone dells were a site to see and the islands were large and would have been fun to [...]
Mallard Lake Paddle
In preparation for our Hoosier National Forest paddling/camping trip, Mike wanted to load down his kayak with all of his gear to get a feel for how it would perform. I have been on a couple of multi-day trip, so I had a pretty good handle on how much crap I load my boat up [...]
