Get Whacked!! May 16th, 2009

Bushwhacker Sprint
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The sprint will start at Lumberjack Park along with the Cruise and the 150 at 8:30 am.
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Sprinters will travel down the Pine River about 10 miles to Sumner Park. There will be a few downfalls and a stretch of fast water so be prepared for a little "Bushwhacking".
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Canoes for the Sprint can be rented from Chippewa River Outfitters for $25, please call 888-775-6077 to reserve yours today. Chippewa River Outfitters will donate $10 of each rental to the VKM fund!
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Bushwhacker Cruise
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The Cruise is set up for those that do not wish to do the full 150 mile event, but want to spend a little more time on the water than what the Sprint offers.
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The Cruise starts at 8:30 am along with the Sprint and the 150. Cruisers will travel down river on the Pine to the town of Alma. This is about 25 miles and will include a bunch of "Bushwhacking" to get past a fairly congested spot just past the town of Sumner.
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Cruisers may wish to take two days to complete this route, we will have camping available for Cruisers and their land teams at Cesar's Crossing, 7195 West Polk Rd. Alma, MI. 48801. Take out is at the public park in downtown Alma.
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Bushwhacker 150
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The 150 will start at 8:30am heading down stream on the Pine River, through the towns of Alma and St. Louis and on down to the confluence at the Chippewa River.
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At the Chippewa Nature Center we turn and head up-stream on the Chippewa River, up through the town of Mt. Pleasant and on up to the take out for the portage at Gilmore Rd. Bridge.
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The 7 mile portage starts with a steep climb out of the Chippewa River valley and up onto a nice country road route that will take us back over to the Pine River at the Pleasant Valley Rd Bridge.
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Once back in the Pine River it's just a short downstream bushwhacking paddle to the finish at Lumberjack Park.
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Checkpoints- #1 St. Louis Dam. #2 Chippewa Nature Center. Checkpoint #3 near Bucks Run golf course. #4 Gilmore Road Bridge, start of the portage.
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More information:
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Check out: http://www.verlenkrugermemorial.org/id25.html for more information.
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If you are using SPOT and would like to share your Buskwhacker adventure with the world, please send your link to: brian zero zero one seven AT yahoo DOT com -
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If you have photos to share, please put them in an online photo gallery and send us the link - This will be the quickest way to get your photos out for viewing.
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Raw photos are fine, but there may be a delay in posting as we will needed to load them up to the Picasa - free photo sharing.

Thanks-

K.C.A.