I actually went twice. Once on a busy weekend and once during the week. When there were a lot of other people on a Sunday, I saw hardly any wildlife. If you get the opportunity I’d suggest going when people are few and birds are more abundant. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the tour of the Horicon Marsh R.K.L. I was there many, many years ago. My sister-in-law and her husband lived in Fondulac back then and took us for a tour of it. If memory serves me correctly there were paddies of cattails that floated on the water, you could stand and watch them move back and forth. There were also several elevated observation decks for bird watching. You strike me as a high school teacher. Yes? No? Just my observation. Love going on your adventures with you. Stay safe and keep paddling. God bless.
Nope, I’m not an educator but that’s a great compliment. Thank you. Stay tuned - I paddled the Fond du Lac River a few weeks ago. I had an interesting event on that river. Thanks for watching!
No lies, I started watching these because of the thumbnails, but they’re really well done. As someone who was stuck in southern WI for a few years, it’s interesting to see some places I visited, but also some places I missed. Plus WI has all kinds of natural beauty.
Thank you! That is the best compliment I could hope to get on here. Much appreciated. Been passionate about paddling for 15 years but I didn’t know how to use a GoPro six months ago. I’m actually really enjoying the editing process as a creative outlet. Thanks for watching!
Red Kayak Lady. Thanks so much for letting Us into your Kayak World. Love all the Wildlife be sweet to See All the Waterfowl when they Come Down from the North. No hunting. Love the Sound of the Whooping Crane. Never Thought Pelicans went that far North. Again thanks so much. YOu a Sweetheart of a lady. Just knowing all those Facts. Bye🌹
Those fish surprised me even Lolol. They are lightning fast! Hey, have you ever eaten cat tail root? Best time is spring and early summer. Choose the shorter or younger shoots, if you find a little patch on their own they are easier to pull out. From the bottom break or cut just above the little roots and up about 6to8 inches. Peel the outer layer off and enjoy. I have never cooked any only ever ate them raw. Nice video, cheers from the Rockies in Canada ✌️🇨🇦
What’s funny is while filming I was looking the other direction but watching it I saw it coming and was expecting it. Lol. Interesting about cattails being edible. Endless supply there. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for pointing this out. I am right down in IL and hadn't head of it though I must have passed it dozens of times. In IL we are always told that Grand Kankakee Marsh was the biggest freshwater marsh in the country (world?). It has a similar history of decimation but what is left is from hunters fighting off farmers. It's demise was the cause of many of the largest extinctions in North America. If you want to paddle a wetland our ancestors didn't destroy try Lac du Flambeau flowage. I think that heron you snuck up on was actually a Sandhill Crane. They look very similar but cranes fly neck extended while herons (and egrets) must fold their neck to balance in flight. Another big difference is their voice -Cranes have a beautiful call like a cross between warble and a purr. Herons have the ugliest call, like a combination screech, squawk, and puke.
Being from IL you think I’d know more about the Kankakee marsh (but I wasn’t a paddler in those days). I just read a bit about it. Horicon and Kankakee are very similar in size (32k and 30k acres) but Kankakee was once 500,000 acres!! Thanks for watching and the pointers on indenturing water fowl.
@@Redkayaklady Maybe when you lived here they didn't say anything because it was such a terrible ecological blunder and they were finally completely aware of it. I never heard of its past wonders until there were (meager) efforts to protect and restore some of it. I didn't know about Sandhill Cranes until one came walking around my house looking in the windows. I upset half a dozen Blue Herons every time i paddle the river behind my house so it was like one was saying "Hey! how do you like it when we bug you where you live!" This heckler would run away, not fly, from threats which tipped me off that it might be something different.
Nice boat! I also noticed the huge increase in pelicans around here (MN). Few years ago I was surprised to see them up at Itasca state park. Seemed like ever since they are everywhere
Right? I distinctly remember the first time I saw pelicans on Cherokee Marsh near Madison about ten years ago. I took a picture and looked up an image online to confirm because I couldn’t believe they were in Wisconsin.
@@Redkayaklady It is surprising. It's a big bird that eats big fish live so they are a good sign. I don't know how they hunt in a marsh because in the ocean they dive from flight.
@@Redkayaklady Almost as bad as getting plunked by beaver. It is supposedly a defensive warning to other beavers but then why do they always sneak up behind you to do it?!
@@Redkayaklady Lac Du Flambeau flowage is nearby. Don't miss it! Beautiful lakes are plentiful up there, but LDF is truly pristine. You can drive up, hit the fantastic buffet and a room at the Casino, then launch out the dock in back in the morning. Or there are campgrounds and a nature center a mile in.
I paddle until the lakes freeze. Then I’m sad for three months! There is a man made lake that cools a coal fired power plant not too terribly far away that is hard core paddlers go to on a nicer winter’s day. I hope to get to a warm climate for a brief getaway at least once this winter. Thanks for watching!
I know that I am late to this video so you might not see this. I live in Union Illinois, south of Lake Geneva. Just curious as to how close I might be to this. I could map quest it, but I think comments help you?😅😂
@@tomlorenzen4062 I get notifications from all my comments and I tried to answer them all as well! Horicon Marsh is only about an hour from Madison or Milwaukee so from Lake Geneva, I’m guessing maybe only 90 minutes? It’s a beautiful paddle. Thanks for watching.
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Always wanted to paddle there. Thanks for the tour. Looks like place to paddle on a calm day
I actually went twice. Once on a busy weekend and once during the week. When there were a lot of other people on a Sunday, I saw hardly any wildlife. If you get the opportunity I’d suggest going when people are few and birds are more abundant. Thanks for watching!
Amazing how calm the surface is. Thanks for the video.
It’s a pretty spectacular place. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the tour of the Horicon Marsh R.K.L. I was there many, many years ago. My sister-in-law and her husband lived in Fondulac back then and took us for a tour of it. If memory serves me correctly there were paddies of cattails that floated on the water, you could stand and watch them move back and forth. There were also several elevated observation decks for bird watching. You strike me as a high school teacher. Yes? No? Just my observation. Love going on your adventures with you. Stay safe and keep paddling. God bless.
Nope, I’m not an educator but that’s a great compliment. Thank you. Stay tuned - I paddled the Fond du Lac River a few weeks ago. I had an interesting event on that river. Thanks for watching!
No lies, I started watching these because of the thumbnails, but they’re really well done.
As someone who was stuck in southern WI for a few years, it’s interesting to see some places I visited, but also some places I missed.
Plus WI has all kinds of natural beauty.
Thank you! That is the best compliment I could hope to get on here. Much appreciated. Been passionate about paddling for 15 years but I didn’t know how to use a GoPro six months ago. I’m actually really enjoying the editing process as a creative outlet. Thanks for watching!
Super channel! Great Tahoe trip
Thank you!
Red Kayak Lady. Thanks so much for letting Us into your Kayak World. Love all the Wildlife be sweet to See All the Waterfowl when they Come Down from the North. No hunting. Love the Sound of the Whooping Crane. Never Thought Pelicans went that far North. Again thanks so much. YOu a Sweetheart of a lady. Just knowing all those Facts. Bye🌹
Learning about the area makes the paddle so much more enjoyable - and a joy to share! Thanks for watching!
Those fish surprised me even Lolol. They are lightning fast! Hey, have you ever eaten cat tail root? Best time is spring and early summer. Choose the shorter or younger shoots, if you find a little patch on their own they are easier to pull out. From the bottom break or cut just above the little roots and up about 6to8 inches. Peel the outer layer off and enjoy. I have never cooked any only ever ate them raw. Nice video, cheers from the Rockies in Canada ✌️🇨🇦
What’s funny is while filming I was looking the other direction but watching it I saw it coming and was expecting it. Lol. Interesting about cattails being edible. Endless supply there. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for pointing this out. I am right down in IL and hadn't head of it though I must have passed it dozens of times. In IL we are always told that Grand Kankakee Marsh was the biggest freshwater marsh in the country (world?). It has a similar history of decimation but what is left is from hunters fighting off farmers. It's demise was the cause of many of the largest extinctions in North America. If you want to paddle a wetland our ancestors didn't destroy try Lac du Flambeau flowage.
I think that heron you snuck up on was actually a Sandhill Crane. They look very similar but cranes fly neck extended while herons (and egrets) must fold their neck to balance in flight. Another big difference is their voice -Cranes have a beautiful call like a cross between warble and a purr. Herons have the ugliest call, like a combination screech, squawk, and puke.
Being from IL you think I’d know more about the Kankakee marsh (but I wasn’t a paddler in those days). I just read a bit about it. Horicon and Kankakee are very similar in size (32k and 30k acres) but Kankakee was once 500,000 acres!! Thanks for watching and the pointers on indenturing water fowl.
@@Redkayaklady Maybe when you lived here they didn't say anything because it was such a terrible ecological blunder and they were finally completely aware of it. I never heard of its past wonders until there were (meager) efforts to protect and restore some of it.
I didn't know about Sandhill Cranes until one came walking around my house looking in the windows. I upset half a dozen Blue Herons every time i paddle the river behind my house so it was like one was saying "Hey! how do you like it when we bug you where you live!" This heckler would run away, not fly, from threats which tipped me off that it might be something different.
Very beautiful place!
I gained so much more of an appreciation for the area having read about its restoration before paddling it. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Nice boat! I also noticed the huge increase in pelicans around here (MN). Few years ago I was surprised to see them up at Itasca state park. Seemed like ever since they are everywhere
Right? I distinctly remember the first time I saw pelicans on Cherokee Marsh near Madison about ten years ago. I took a picture and looked up an image online to confirm because I couldn’t believe they were in Wisconsin.
@@Redkayaklady It is surprising. It's a big bird that eats big fish live so they are a good sign. I don't know how they hunt in a marsh because in the ocean they dive from flight.
🤷♀️ I’ll have to look that up!
@@Redkayaklady It is Ep. 12 of my "Kayaking the Mississippi River" videos series. It is around the 13:50 mark
@@escapewithjay thanks. I’ll check it out!
Amazing views, have a great time, Winter is about to come on.
Oh I was on the water yesterday. 38°, not sure how much I have left in me. Thanks for watching!
Reminds me of some spots south of New Orleans like Delacroix. Yscloskey, and Reggio.
Minus the crocs!! I’ve only paddled in NOLA once but loved seeing them while paddling. Thanks for watching!
Дуже гарно, цікаво, Красуня. Шкода. Погано, дуже, знаю англійську
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Nice video we have these types of slew in NW Iowa. I have some RUclips videos of it on my channel.
I will check them out! Iowa is not that far. We may be able to exchange destination ideas from each other’s channels. Thanks for watching!
Hi Red Kayak Lady. We know you a few months behind but did you Get Snow this Week ? Do you have any other site?
Just red kayak lady! It snowed in southern Wisconsin last week, some spots more than others. Glad it didn’t stick around. I’m not ready!
6:31 sea serpent!
😆 in 15 years of paddling I’ve never capsized, but these carp are pushing it!
@@Redkayaklady Almost as bad as getting plunked by beaver. It is supposedly a defensive warning to other beavers but then why do they always sneak up behind you to do it?!
Chupacabra
Next time you do a vid - come up to Rhinelander , will take you on a float trip of the rivers up here.
I haven’t been up on Rhinelander in a few years. Maybe next summer. Thanks for watching snd subscribing!
@@Redkayaklady Lac Du Flambeau flowage is nearby. Don't miss it! Beautiful lakes are plentiful up there, but LDF is truly pristine. You can drive up, hit the fantastic buffet and a room at the Casino, then launch out the dock in back in the morning. Or there are campgrounds and a nature center a mile in.
What do you do in the winter, when you can't go kayaking?
I paddle until the lakes freeze. Then I’m sad for three months! There is a man made lake that cools a coal fired power plant not too terribly far away that is hard core paddlers go to on a nicer winter’s day. I hope to get to a warm climate for a brief getaway at least once this winter. Thanks for watching!
I know that I am late to this video so you might not see this. I live in Union Illinois, south of Lake Geneva. Just curious as to how close I might be to this. I could map quest it, but I think comments help you?😅😂
@@tomlorenzen4062 I get notifications from all my comments and I tried to answer them all as well! Horicon Marsh is only about an hour from Madison or Milwaukee so from Lake Geneva, I’m guessing maybe only 90 minutes? It’s a beautiful paddle. Thanks for watching.
@@Redkayaklady Wow, you're fast! Lol, thank you!
Not a 'rat hut to be seen...
I’m not sure I’d recognize one if I saw one! Lol. Didn’t even see one swimming around. Thanks for watching!