July 26 promised to be a hot muggy day with a significant chance of thunderstorms later in the day. Although the trip was originally scheduled to have a short 8.7-mile option on the Tippecanoe, and a longer 14.5-mile option that included a stretch on the Wabash, we all decided to take the shorter trip mainly due to the forecast. Also, the flow on the Wabash that day was quite slow, and we would have been paddling against the wind with no real shade while on the Wabash. There were 5 paddlers that day, all in solo kayaks. When I checked out the put in Monday afternoon, the flow on the Tippecanoe was only 300 cfs. On the day of the trip, the flow was around 1200 cfs at launch time due to upstream water release from the dams for power generation. That made for nice paddling as we pretty much “rode the bubble” all the way to our take out. This part of the Tippy has shoreline housing, but also some wilder parts, particularly towards the end where it borders Prophetstown State Park. One interesting sight along the way is on the downstream side of the Hog Point bridge where 2 concrete pigs are imbedded into the bridge itself.