While paddling the Sangamon River, one of the more frequent spectators are the whitetail deer. This trip was no different. Paddling along, I spotted a whitetail along the bank. Ears up, eyes wide, he seemed more curious than frightened. I approached calmly and quietly. Deer are beautiful animals, but they’ve become a nuisance, encroaching on our farms and suburban gardens […]

You know the river’s at flood when you wake up to a pair of mallards swimming around in your backyard. When the Sangamon’s at flood stage, water consumes the forest and it becomes a swampy Louisiana bayou. The River spreads out beyond its banks and becomes lost, flowing somewhere in a clear spot through the swampy forest. So obviously it’s […]