2008 - Paddling the Cannon River

During Jane's short stay, someone came up with the wild idea to run the canoes down the Cannon River.  My mother was reluctantly interested, Jane thought it was a fun idea, and I needed to do some maintenance on a few geocaches I have placed on the river.  Chad happen to have the day off and was interested in joining us too.  Overall, eight of us headed to the Cannon Falls canoe landing.  It was myself and four year old Laura, Jane and son Devon, Chad and two sons Leo and Dominic, and our mother, Norvina.  Perfect, two trucks, two canoes, six paddles, and eight thrill seekers.

It happened to be pretty late in the canoe season but this was the first time out this year for both Chad and myself.  I know Jane has canoed in the past and Mom has never been in a canoe and was really nervous.  The river is about 2' low at the moment and aside from a few shallow spots, was running nice and tame.  We canoed from Cannon Falls down to Miesville Ravine, which is about 6.5 river miles and usually takes about three hours to paddle.  We were able to stop and manage my five geocaches on the river and placed two new caches.