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 the 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."
  
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• Guest reviews:
  Re: Kinni Creek Lodge & Outfitters

  Saturday, December 26, 2009 5:42 PM

  From: xxxxxxxxxx tds.net

  To: "Kinni Creek Lodge & Outfitters" guide@kinnicreek.com

  Hello Paige and Dave,

  We arrived safely in Madison, in fact the worst weather we experienced was withing 20 miles of Madison.  We have already unpacked and are settling in for the evening. 

  This was the very best Christmas our family has ever spent together.  We totally disengaged from old expectations and irrelevant rituals that sapped energy and well being.   Staying at your lodge was a brand new way to celebrate the winter solstice and Christmas, that brought everyone happiness and peace. 

  I want to tell you again how much we enjoyed our stay at your lodge. Here are a few quotes from the family:

  Doug: The rooms are relaxing!

  Demi: Paige rocks! (and Demi loves the guinea pig!)

  Karen: I'll be back in the spring for fishing and kayak lessons, with geology/artifacting on the side. South Carolina will have to wait till fall!

  Devon: I can't believe how much I slept!

  Thank you for the wonderful stay, and all the best for the both of you in the coming year.

  All our best,

  Karen, Doug, Devon, & Demeter

Our Green Practices~
Join our "Green Team" by taking these challenges or helping us add some! 

• 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. Kayak the Kinni
• Encourage bicycling inn to inn.
• Use local foods for our meals.
• Adopted a child.
• Yellow Mellow. Brown Down.
• 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!
• Keep a permeable driveway to filter run-off water before it hits the river. 
• 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!!! 

  

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