Canoe in the Chicago river?

Sunday Oct 5th was the Flat water classic on the Chicago river.
We put in by lane Tech High school and paddled all the way to 18th
street in China town. Comes out to about 7.25 miles of very diverse scenery.
They say there was about 200 canoe or kayaks on the water and I have to admit it
looked pretty cool! The trip ended at Ping Tom park with bands,food and cheering. We ended up finishing in a pretty good time and just beat the rain.

After the canoe race it was off to meet Mike at Morgans on Maxwell st. to watch the Bears game and get ready to go to the Sox game. Rain stopped just in time for the Sox game and they won! A must win game Vs. the Devil Rays.

Anyway, for anyone with some free time think about putting in on the Chicago river for a fun day of exercise.

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