Peter Sjolander on a kayak trip on the black river in 2008

Photos from trip 2 on the river


trip 1 on the black river

kayak, bike and car

from Great River Road landing 5 miles east of Trempleau 
to Lytles landing on Brice Prairie


kayak trip of Aug. 5, 2008 

leave kayak
5:55 leave start ramp by car in fog
6:15 arrive end point
leave car
6:30 leave end point by bike
7:30 arrive start point by bike
leave bike
7:40 leave start ramp by kayak
8:45 halfway went under power lines
9:39 arrived at end point by kayak
pickup car
10:07 leave end point by car kayak on
pickup bike
10:30 leave start point by car bike on

total miles: kayak 3, bike 10, car 26.
4.5 total hours, 2 hours on the water
ending point Lytles landing
on the Black River
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From North Bend 
to great river road landing 5 miles east of Trempleau 

aug 7 2008

trip 2

7:47 left north bend
8:48 1.84 mi from nb
9:49 3.37 no cell service cows
10:46 4.15 to oak p
11:48 2.2 to oak p
12:47 1.4 to oak p
wide deep no current
 head wind
paddle or die
1:46 .6 to oak p
hot. took skinny dip
2:49 1.2 from oak p
3:46 2.2 from oak p
hot had a skinny dip
tail wind
4:44 1.73 to tremp
nice current light tail wind
5:49 arrived at tremp



trip 3

Black River Falls(BRF) to Melrose

Aug. 9, 2008 Saturday

6:15 dropped kayak at BRF 
6:45 dropped car at Melrose
6:50 left Melrose by bike to BRF
8:30 left BRF by kayak
9:30 1:02 below BRF
10:30  0.80 above Mason
11:30 10.80 to Melrose
12:30 10.00 to Melrose
hot, took a swim break
1:35 9.5 to Melrose
2:30 8.5 to Melrose
3:33 7.5 to Melrose
saw a river sign:
Melrose 14 miles
Mississippi 3 days
4:30 6.5 to Melrose
passed Irvine
passed half way
hot, took a swim break
5.30 5.4 to Melrose
paddled steady for 30 minutes
6:30 3.6 to Melrose
7:30 2.3 to Melrose
went left at river split
8:30 done and dark
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Trip 4 on La Crosse river

Aug. 12, 2008 Monday

from Vet. Memorial park(vmp) west of West Salem on 16
to Riverside Park in La Crosse
8:30 0.2 below vmp
saw two river otter
got stuck on a log
lots of road noise from I 90
9:30 1.5 below vmp
passed Carl's house and under I 90
10:30 2.9 below vmp
took a break
11:30 3.9 below vmp
pulled over a big log snag
passed under 16
and bike path
12:30 5.4 below vmp
passed under two RR bridges
passed a pull out just before going under a car bridge by two radio towers
under RR bridge
saw marks of beaver
1:30 6.7 below vmp
passed under all metal bike bridge
passed under Gillette St. bridge
portaged around huge cottonwood tree blocking river. 20 yard portage. 5 foot banks
switch back snag. Good fun
2:30 7.9 below vmp 
passed under Lane Drive bridge
passed under bike bridge
3:00 8.4 below vmp
3:13 packed up