Elkhorn Creek

Wow, what a run! major fun, but AVOID CanoeKentucky. Our first experience with them was great (i.e. decent prices, polite employees, great water level). The shuttle was only 10 bucks each then, and the place was staffed by a couple of guys who knew the water and could tell us the hairy spots. This time, however, was a little different. Suddenly the shuttle is 20 bucks each, the manager gets short with us when we try to talk to her about it ( she offered to let us put in upstream, float down, then give one of us a ride to the truck for $20), and it's pretty obvious that she doesn't care as much about our measly $40 bucks as much as she cared about getting the group of 20 customers paid and out the door. We left, and we won't be back. What she didn't know is that I was also shopping for a cheap skirt for my rascal ( oops, definitely a lost sale there!) and since we have wimpy little recreational boats, I planned on shopping there when I bought the boat I wanted. I WOULD have preferred to give my little bit of money to a small, local business rather than a huge department store like Dick's, but I'll be dipped in sheep butter & deep-fried before I spend another dime at a company that that treats paddlers that way, and I kinda like the way I sit in my new QT sport ($422.94 total at Dicks). Thank god we can take 2 vehicles, and ignore them. I guess they ARE in business to make money, but the shuttle shouldn't be 3/4 of a rental, and it definitely shouldn't be more than it costs to take another vehicle.