Wisconsin area events- COMING SOON! Lower Wisconsin River kayak camping trip! July 25-27

Discussing the chances of this becoming a true TW event.

 

Finally someone who would park by @Thatbassguy

 

Thats only cause the rest of the lot was full!

 

For anyone interested in the river kayak trip, here's a general outline of the plan.. Some details may change. This is just what I'm thinking as of now:


Friday we'll meet at the HWY 14 ramp in Spring Green and unload kayaks and gear. Depending on attendance 2 or 3 guys will head to the Boscobel landing and leave a vehicle there, while at least one will stay and keep an eye on the kayaks and gear, and work on getting things ready to go.

When the others get back, we'll finish getting the loaded up and get on the water. We'll float/paddle until around 6pm (we can take a break periodically to stretch our legs).

Around 6-ish, we'll start looking for a good island to set up on. We'll set up camp and eat, and I plan on doing some fishing.

In the morning, we'll eat breakfast, have our coffee, or whatever your morning routine is, and get back on the water by 9. We'll keep floating and padding until around noon, and find a nice spot for a break. We can have lunch, BS, fish, whatever for an hour, and then get back on the water.

Well keep moving until around 6 again and look for a good campsite for Saturday night. Repeat the same, set up, eat, BS, fish, drink, sleep, breakfast, load up, and head back out.

Sunday we'll float to Boscobel, pull out, and run back to Spring Green for the rest of the vehicles. Load up, and head out.

Since we'll be leaving vehicles unattended, I recommend clearing out any valuables and pretty much anything you're not bringing on the kayak.

You'll want to keep your camping setup compact and simple. Think of it like a backpacking trip. I'll be packing freeze dried camping meals for ease of preparation and clean-up.

If you have a little backpacking chair, it would be good to bring. Mine kept sinking in the sand on my last island camping trip, so I was considering getting some tennis balls and cutting holes in them to put on the feet. I'm open to other ideas if anyone else has experienced this.

I'll try to get some more details in here soon.

Let me know if anyone has questions or ideas.

also, I have a spare kayak and Jonathan has offered his canoe if anyone is interested but doesn't have a kayak or canoe.

Just an FYI: it's about 1.5 hours round trip from Spring Green to Boscobel. So, there will be a little bit of waiting around on Friday and Sunday.

 

Looks like you guys had great weather, no rain.

 

It wasn’t a true TW event.

 

The family had a blast!

I ended up in a different lot than the usual one but still got surrounded by fellow Tacos.



Also thought this was hilarious.....I know @rubbersidedown at least has the decency to follow the lines while intimidating Jeeps.

 

It was great to see everyone,next time like could we sit right in front of Frank as I could almost hear anyone!

 

What is Tigerton's 'season'?
Are they open in Sept?

My son wants to come back in August and I want to spend more than a half day riding. lol

I have him swayed to do an impromptu run to Tigerton for a day in September.....if they're open, that is.
Then I can come in August by myself.

 

We've gone in September. They might even be open in October.

 

Awesome. thx

 

It appears that Glacial Lake 4×4 is looking at doing Tigerton the same weekend in August as we are.

 

Ya but do they have a sweet banner?

 

Not sure about the banner.
They do have some real pretty Jeeps.

 

I'll go on a night time reconnaissance mission and see how many ducks I can collect and in the morning we'll send them all down the Embarrass River.

 

Speaking of which, after seeing so many jeeps with hundreds of ducks on the dash, I’ve started to wonder how do people keep them in place? Are they all individually stuck down with two sided tape? Because that’s a lot of tape!!! Dusting has to be a nightmare.

I’ve only got the one turtle to manage on my drives, and it has a nice little cubby to live in. It only rarely tries to make a break for it.

 

I've also wondered that, as my lonely turtle scoots from one side of the dash to the other.....
I've also wondered how long the duck fad will last.

 

The reason I went with turtles is because, we maybe slow but we always get to where we are going. Only 1 turtle per vehicle. I think these Jeeps with the dash full of ducks is stupid.
I think there might be 1 or 2 people without a turtle. I ran out, but I'll get more.