Urban canoeing

I'm going to put forward a proposal here, and we'll see what you guys think of it. First some background. Last weekend I went canoeing on the Minnehaha Creek. Now this was a fun thing, not just because we brought a cooler of beer along for the ride, but because the creek itself runs through the city. While at some points your environs become secluded enough to make you forget that, at others it becomes quite obvious. Hell, we even made a pit stop at Taco Bell. The whole experience is quite different from a canoe trip through the wilderness. It made me think of this:



For a long time I've thought it would be cool to do a trip on the Rouge River, and now that I'm thinking more seriously about it. Miles of senic parks feeding into a mass of demonic industry and eventually the Detroit river, what could be better?

It wouldn't be that hard, just a day trip thing (although camping out on Zug Island would be pretty sweet). I don't know how high the water has to be or how long a period of the year you can feasibly canoe the Rouge, but I do know people do it, so at least it's possible.

So I'm just trying to check interest here. Who's with me?