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Chicago River Canoe & Kayak
The Great Outdoors, Right Next Door


2008 EVENTS CALENDAR

Trips to Area Rivers Moonlight Dinner Paddles
Lap the Lagoons Tours Skyscraper Canyons Trips
Paddle & Pedal Kankakee River Trip & Crane Viewing
Races Lessons
Cardio Kayak Employee Outings & Team-Building

MOONLIGHT DINNER PADDLES
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Our traditional dinner cruise. Choose your favorite boat and paddle with us in the twilight up to River Park, where we'll disembark for a surprisingly nice riverside picnic dinner on the grass. Then paddle back by the light of the moon and the antique fixtures of the Addison bridge.
  • starts and finishes at our Chicago launch.
  • allow around 3 hours
  • Saturdays:
      • July 19th & 26th are sold out (6:30 launches)
    • August 9, 23 & 30 @ 6:30
    • Sept. 6, 13, 20 & 27 @ 6:00
    • Oct. 11 @ 5:30
  • Dinner is chicken skewers & grilled vegetables or a vegetarian meal from Semiramis.
If you'd like a lighter paddle, the Skokie Moonlight Dinner is a good choice. Choose your boat and paddle out into the twilight. When you return, we'll have your dinner waiting at the picnic tables so you can eat at the top of the riverbank by the light of the moon and stars.
  • starts and finishes at our Skokie launch
  • allow 2 and a half hours.
  • Saturdays:
    • July 12 @ 7:00
    • August 2 @ 7:00
    • August 16 @ 6:30
    • Sept. 6 @ 6:30
  • Dinner is from Kabul House (Afghan) w/ a vegetarian option.
RESERVATIONS
Moonlight Dinner are by reservation only: e-mail or call @ 773 704-2663. The cost is $45/person, which includes everything -- dinner, boat, gear and life jackets. We'll need:
  • your boat preference (canoe or single or tandem kayak)
  • the date you're looking for
  • the number of people
  • whether you prefer a vegetarian plate (hummus,baba ghanouj, tabbouleh, falafel and grape leaves) instead of chicken skewers with rice and grilled vegetables.
  • your e-mail and a good Saturday afternoon phone number, in case we have to discuss the weather forecast.


Many thanks to Brett of Brett's Cafe Americain, our Roscoe Village dinner partner from 2001 to 2006. She's moving to San Miguel Allende in Mexico to start an Inn and an Indian restaurant. To see her plans, look at http://bretts.wordpress.com.

 

 Fawn & Doe at Skokie

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