St. Croix Valley, River Falls, Wisconsin

Reviews

• TwinCities.com - Posted on Sun, Aug. 20, 2006
  "A spin down the Kinni"
  From friendly River Falls, it's a wild ride on water...
  On Wisconsin's Kinnickinnic River, paddling is a lot like playing pinball -- except your boat is the ball. Quickened by springs and creeks as it flows toward the St. Croix, the Kinni is no lazy river. Cold and insistent, it scoops up a boat and gives it a ride, slapping it between boulders, bumping it over rubble and shooting it over rapids. All the person in the boat has to do is sit tight and steer. On a warm summer day, it's the coolest possible place to play....

• Wisconsin West Magazine ~"An Inn with Adventure!"

• Trout Unlimited Magazine ~"For those (fly fishermen) that want to stay on the river, the Kinni Creek Lodge & Outfitters is located on private river frontage."

• River Falls Journal ~ "Enjoy Inn & Outdoors at this new bed and breakfast!"

• Pierce County Travel Magazine ~ "For an overnight stay or an outing for a day on the river, the Kinni Creek Lodge & Outfitters is a perfect getaway."

• Priest Holmes Family, KC Chiefs ~ "My family was very comfortable here, it's nice to have some privacy."

• John Breslin, Ireland fly fishing guide ~ "What a great place for such a wee bit of a lodge! 'An fishin' righ-'tout the door too!"

• Tom Helgeson, Mid-West Fly Fishing Magazine ~ "You've got to market this at my Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo!"

• Chris Niskanen St. Paul Pioneer Press ~ "The paddling had been splendid. The river was in fine shape, despite our occasional grinding on shallow gravel bars. We flushed Canada geese, hooded mergansers and wood ducks from their solitary pools and saw the handiwork of a hungry beaver on nearby oaks. We paddled through several clouds of midges, which were of extreme interest to Roth, who brought along his fly-fishing gear."

Our Green Practices

• Use all Incandescent light bulbs.
• Re-Use towels~ ask guests to hang them up and re-use them!
• Use clothes line for solar drying!
• Use soap and shampoo dispensers.
• Recycle & compost all possible.
• Provide non-motorized outdoor activities.
• Encourage bicycling inn to inn.
• Use local foods for our meals.
• Adopted a child.
• Ask all paddling customers to pick up litter on Kinni River.
• Encourage ride sharing with kayakers pick up times.
• Encourage Catch and Release as a practice for our fishermen!
• Have adopt a highway stretch that we trade helpers for kayak rentals!
• Encourage locals to recreate and b&b locally.
• Encourage locals to recreate locally on the river and parks
• Drink locally with the new environmentally "friendly" Brewery in town!
• We are dedicated organ donors when the time comes...The Ultimate Recycle Plan!!!