UPCOMING TRIPS & EVENTS
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MANY TRIPS ARE NOW ON OUR CALENDAR.
KEEP AN EYE ON OUR CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING EVENTS THAT MAY BE ADDED AT SHORT NOTICE. THERE WILL GENERALLY ALSO BE AN EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT |
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Prior to Demo Day - Introduction to Kayaking Skills for HCKC Members
This training is designed for new or existing paddlers that want to learn or refine basic kayaking skills and boat control to make your paddling easier and more efficient. This class will be at Geist Park, and will end in time to participate in the Demo Day and picnic. |
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WHITEWATER TRIPS Stoneycreek Rendezvous - Class 3 Whitewater - Johnstown, PA May 15-17 Sponsor: Sharon Schierling - sschier@nd.edu The Stonycreek Rendezvous is an annual whitewater festival hosted by the Benscreek Canoe Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and a long time Hoosier favorite whitewater destination. |
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Ken Wright Memorial Paddle and Celebration of Life May 8–10, Ocoee, TN
Event Sponsor: Bob Heckler
Family and friends of Ken Wright will celebrate his life the second weekend in May in Ocoee, Tennessee. |
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Memorial Day Weekend in WI Wolf/Peshtigo Whitewater - May 23-25
Sponsor : Bob Heckler Email: rheckler@att.net Text: 1-219-878-6941
Location: Kosirs Campground: W. 14073 County Road C, Silver Cliff, WI 54104
The Memorial Day Wknd in WI Wolf/Peshtigo Whitewater (this year May 23-25) is ON! It has always been a great step-up trip for newbies to find their WW footing but has good action for all boaters. |
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CANOE & KAYAK TRIPS
Driftwood River - May 2? THIS MAY NEED TO BE RESCHEDULED OR CANCELED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THERE MAY BE A MONROE LAKE HEADWATERS TRIP ON MAY 2 INSTEAD. LOOK FOR LAST MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS. Trip Sponsor: Sue Foxx, sue.ann.foxx@gmail.com |
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NON-HCKC Holiday on the Wildcat Trip sponsor Garry Hill GarryHill@aol.com 765-432-6782 Watch for trip updates as that date gets close. On Wildcat Creek. |
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SEAKAYAK TRIPS & TRAINING
NON-HCKC EVENT -- TRAQS
Do you want to learn how to efficiently paddle using a traditional "skinny stick"?
Not much time left to sign up for this event. |
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Sunset / Moonlight paddle at Lake Monroe with optional campout May 2
Trip Sponsors: Kyle Wills & Vicki Tillotson
We will meet at 5:00pm and try to be on the water by 5:30pm. The sun sets around 8:40pm so we will have three hours of daylight to paddle. The moon rises about 10:10pm, so unfortunately we probably won't see the moon until we are getting ready to leave. We will be on the water about four hours. |
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NON-HCKC EVENT -- QAJAQ CAMP - May 14-17
Sold out, but there is a waiting list for those interested in attending
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East Fork State Park - Kayaking and Overnight Camp May 15-17 Trip Sponsor/Leader: Michelle Hoffman Join us for a weekend of paddling, skills, and camping at East Fork State Park. This is an introductory class for learning kayak camping skills.
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NON-HCKC EVENT -- WMCKA Symposium May 23-25 YMCA Camp Pendalouan • Montague, MI Our Symposium is designed for beginner and intermediate paddlers who want to build confidence and have fun on the water.
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Open Water Rescue & Intermediate Skills June 5-7
Location: Summit Lake State Park
Instructor Sponsors: Linda Decker & Jim Heichelbech
Join us for a fun training weekend focusing on kayak skills and open water rescues. It is a great chance to get to know other paddlers, learn what to do in a rescue situation and improve your skills. If you can’t come for the weekend, come for the day you choose. |
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NON-HCKC EVENT - South Bass Island Kayak Rendezvous (SBIKR) Join us for a long weekend of kayaking, kayak surfing (hopefully) and rough-water play (again, hopefully) with some training and rolling sprinkled in for those wanting to do so. This is a NON-HCKC event but many of us attend annually. Paddles will be L2/L3. |
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PAST TRIPS & EVENT
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WW: NANTAHALA We had a great time on the Nantahala over the April 25-27 weekend. Most campers arrived at Smoky Mountain Meadows campground Thursday evening, and a couple came in Friday morning. Seven of us paddled the Nantahala Friday afternoon in bright sunny warm weather, and five of us turned out for the rainy Saturday paddle. There were no swims on either day, and we enjoyed the river and the falls. By consensus everyone left Sunday to return to work fresh on Monday. Thanks to everyone for a great time.
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C/K: Driftwood Sunday April 19 (replaced Sand Cr. & Muscatatuck) When the H.C.K.C .has their trip planning meeting each January they are broken down into three separate divisions ;The Whitewater, Sea/Touring and the Flatwater. Each different group goes through the calendar and trip sponsors select precise dates and locations for the upcoming year. The Whitewater trips are mostly held out of state and are ran with consistent water levels and or dam releases that insures a rewarding paddling experience for the long distances they must abide by. The Sea/Touring group mainly adheres to large lakes that have held water for centuries before and will continue for centuries ahead. That leaves the Flatwater paddlers who sometimes can roll more dice for a sufficient water level than a heavy gambler at a casino. When trips are put in 'stone' for a specific date and a qualified stream you are completely at the mercy of the inconsistent weatherman who can place you in a flood zone or a drought on only a day or twos notice. Such was the conditions for a scheduled doubleheader of Sand Creek and the Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River for the weekend of April 18th & 19th. Both streams were running at pathetically low April levels that haven't been witnessed in this century, perhaps about 1/3 of their normal flow levels for what is considered the wettest month in SE Indiana. With nearly a record crowd pushing 30 signed up for Sand Creek alone, a new game plan had to be put into effect immediately. Pinch hitting and offering the solution was the Driftwood River in Bartholomew County. Missing were the unique rock bluffs and mill races that Sand Creek entertains you with and substituted by a basic no-nonsense, average Hoosier stream that at least offered something the other two didn't in the form of water. Our put-in was @ the Newton DNR access site/Tannehill Bridge west of Taylorsville. The destination was the DNR access ramp @ Mill Race Park near downtown Columbus for a total of 9.8 miles. The CFS was 601 which was enough to eliminate any dragging through the Lowell rapids which were run on river right. Ten paddlers spread from both near and far attended and the weather was in the upper 50's with a decent tree cover from the wind gusts. Lowell Bridge is planned on being replaced in the near future and this might alter the DNR access at this site. Also the East Fork White River only 1/4 of a mile downstream from the takeout is having its century old dam in the process of being removed which will alter the flow of the Driftwood and Flatrock Rivers which merge just upstream somewhat. Curiosity will be answered in the near future as to what these changes will offer. The ten paddlers were represented from the following scattered towns for this trip: Fishers, Darlington, Bedford, Columbus, Noblesville, Lawrenceburg and North Vernon in Indiana also Louisville, KY and Cincinnati, OH. Sincerely, Richard Tekulve------(Not Sand Creek this year but Driftwood River trip leader since 2006) |
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C/K: Potter's Bridge to 116th Street on White River
2026-04-26 The morning started out cool and overcast, but the skies cleared shortly after we launched. The water level at the 146th street gauge was around 3.65'. We had 8 kayaks and 5 canoes carrying 17 people. We unloaded and ran shuttle then got underway. The water level was rather low, but there was always a line to get through. There were turtles in abundance. We passed by a blue heron rookery, which sounded like some chicks were calling for their parents to bring them fish. A bit after 146th street an owl flew across the river and landed in a tree, immediately triggering an unhappy reaction from the local blue jay population. We passed by an eagle's nest. While I didn't see any eagles, but I saw an osprey and heard a hummingbird chittering. We drifted by a doe eating some weeds on the bank.
We ate lunch on a sand bar a little ways upriver from the White River Canoe Company takeout. At this water level, there were plenty of places to stop. Total trip time was about 4 hours 40 minutes for about 13 miles.
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