"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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I can't really help you with a meeting place. Eagle River is a bit
touristy most of the year to put up with the likes of me (and vicey
versa).

There's a little cafe just a block or two from MacDonalds.....it's on the
edge of downtown on 45 heading north. I'll see if I can find out the name.

But the logical put in is below the Otter Rapids dam.Here is
an aerial photo that shows the dam just west of town. Just keep
clicking the arrows on the left to see the route.


http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...12714&z=16&w=1

Yep, that's the spot I was looking at. There are several likely looking
takeouts at around 5 to 5.5 miles downstream. One of them is the last place
at which the river comes up to meet the highway. The others are distributed
along the next mile or so of river. We should be able to find any number of
decent options. For reference, I believe we did roughly the same distance
on the Penns float back in May. This turned out to be about a five hour
trip with a generous stop for shore lunch and numerous stops to fish.

I also have an excellent paddling guide (Paddling Northern Wisconsin)
that describes the route and gives numbers to call for water levels
(715-848-2976) and canoe/kayak outfitting (Hawk's Nest Outfitters, 2
miles down from the dam. 715-479-7944).

Right now it looks like it will only be me. Jacci has to work and Sam
is doing daily doubles football practice. If I can find a canoe
partner I'll let you all know.

I'm not sure whether Joel is bringing a boat or had planned to share a
canoe. Joel?

If not maybe I'll call Hawks Nest and
see how much they'd charge to rent a kayak.

I'd appreciate it if you made the call anyway. It'll be handy information.

Thanks for the help.

Wolfgang