Three hot days on the Wisconsin River...part one

My daughter Amanda and I took a long planned and oft delayed canoe trip on the lower Wisconsin river. The original plan was to go in spring for a week, to do all 90 miles from the last dam on the river. WE had to postpone, then scale back our plans. We started out in Lone Rock with the intention of going all the way to Wyalusing. Just to summarize, the weather was very HOT, the person who shuttled us said it hit 100 one of the days. We were probably crazy to be out. Actually, canoing was OK, hotter than you would like, but we were floating downhill and we jumped in the water when we needed to. It was actually sleeping that was hard, with no wind at night our tents seemed especially hot. We also ran through more water than we expected, and so called the good folks at Wisconsin River Outings when we hit the boat landing at Boscobel, they were good enough to shuttle me into town. So this afternoon I will tell you about what we saw and heard, which was extraordinary.