This is a great place to "get your feet wet" if you are new to kayaking (sorry, had to do it!) I…read moresay that because it is an easy put-in with lots of help from the staff. Water is calm and wide-open from the launch site so you have plenty of time to get your sea legs before you set off. Excellent place for groups or families. Very affordable. Singles are $10 for one hour rental, $15 for two. Doubles are $15/20. Life jackets, complimentary! There is a much longer trip you can take, but I can't give pricing or comment since we did the shorter route. Standard disclosures and waivers must be signed. Staff give you all the low-down on the routes and what you can expect to see along the way. It was fun to paddle both open lake and river sections. On the lake we mingled with swans and lily pads, on the river we enjoyed some beautiful and quiet spots with overhanging trees and a nice, gentle current. Although this review is for the paddling company where you rent your equipment, I will add a brief note to say it is located in Indian Crossing Trails Park and there is a public, free launch in the same location. So if your friend has a kayak, but you don't, no one is left out! The park itself is a lovely location with convenient parking for kayakers bringing their own or renting.

Jen and Mark were so friendly and flexible. The river was low (making for some bottom-scraping…read moreadventures), but Mark was sure to alert me to that fact before our trip. They have a variety of trips to choose from, ranging in difficulty from an easy paddle in the pond to a more advanced 5 hour trip. I will be going back next season!

Our family of 8 visited Portage river paddling Co. and it was amazing. Not only was the service…read moreexcellent, it was family friendly. We had a great time out on the water and an added bonus of seeing their animals on the property when we returned. Everything you need is right there to make a family fun outing. I highly recommend and will return!

We had the best time paddling down the river. It was super easy to make reservations over the phone…read morethe day before. The workers were knowledgeable and friendly, make sure you bring cash to tip. Our trip was during an overcast day with calm waters and it took us about two hours on the dot with a child and an adult in each kayak. Make sure you wear sunscreen, bring a bottle of water, and your sunglasses or a hat. I wore my bathing suit with a cotton dress on top, best idea ever (your butt gets pretty soaked) All in all, a great way to start the day. I'll be back to ride with the goats!!

After years of knowing about this spot, we finally got the chance to do a low-impact kayak rental…read more You pay and complete your waiver online ahead of time so you're ready to go when you arrive. I believe the young guys that helped us were named Jonah and Sam. Very helpful, strong and a good sense of humor for my cousin who wasn't the happiest camper in the entire world about the experience (kayaking was my idea). The prices are reasonable and they offer one or two hour rentals. We chose two hours because we knew we wanted to go slowly and take our time. If you can catch your rental at 4pm while pre-booking online, snag it! The river is fairly calm at that hour and it's an easy time to just float while out of the heat of the day. As a tall person, the kayak was comfortable enough for me and I appreciated the cup holder for my swell water bottle. I also recommend bringing a floating protector pouch for your phone and keys because you'll have the room for it in the kayak. Overall, a fun experience that everyone should try at least once! The Vermilion River is great people watching and has fun vantage points from the kayak.

Slightly hard to locate, but all positive once we did. Parking is up on a hill and then you walk…read moredown to the kayaks. They have porta potties. We got kayaks for an hour and enjoyed our time on them. The river was busy with lots of fishing boats, but we were fine. The worker helped her out kayaks in and out of the water.

A perfect day to kick off fall activities. My children are 12 and 14 and outgrew other local…read morepumpkin patches. I discovered this hidden gem and was excited to be able to do the pumpkin patches again with my kids. They have a large and small pumpkin patch that both my kids loved doing, fun, commentated wagon ride, smore making down by the river, great deal on pumpkins from the patch, putt putt, food truck, goats, and tons more activities. I also added the round trip kayaking which topped it off. The family was very involved and engaged with the visitors and super sweet. You can tell they truly enjoy sharing their farm with the community and seeing the happiness on faces. Now that I know about this place and all they offer, more trips are in store and can't wait to see what they add next year.

We do the Cascade trip a couple of times a year and we love it!! The staff is knowledgeable,…read morefriendly and awesome!! The river lends itself to those who want to take it easy or to those who want to do a quick trip down it. The scenery is beautiful; we have even seen an eagle on two of our trips!! And the sounds of nature are all around. I love that the company drives you up river and puts you in so that you never have to row against the current. And for those who wonder, the kayaks are ocean kayaks, which means it is hard to flip them....even if you try!!!

Amazing experience!! I did the yoga class on a SUP. From beginning to end it was spectacular. Staff…read morewas great the area we did yoga was so beautiful and the process was very organized. I hope I can make the next class.

We were a group of 15, ages 7 - 79. Check in was easy. Great introduction and safety briefing…read more We rented kayaks and canoes for 2 hours. Everyone had a wonderful time! We highly recommend Portage Paddling and would definitely go again when and if we're in the area. Find time to book this river experience. You won't regret it. Kathy Frank, Monroeville IN

I have never ordered from this site before so I was a little nervous but they shipped the hat…read morewithin 3 days of ordering and it arrived in about 2 days. I was very impressed with the speed. The package didn't have extra stuffing to protect the hat but they put it in a strong cubical box so it arrived without damage. Exactly what I needed, good price, and great shipping.

The sales clerk interrupted me when I was explaining what I was looking for, claimed my hiking…read moredestination "wasn't too crazy" after I spent weeks deciding where to go (does he know that Ibiza has mountains?), and then said my nike shoes, my favorite, were destroying my feet. I told him he was not kind, and then left. I am sure he is knowledgable and that he is very good at his job. What I encountered however appeared to be arrogance and a presumption that he was smart and I was uninformed. I hope he might learn from this message. My encounter at the store on Adams was fantastic.

Always a great time, staff is amazing and the river is so relaxing. Been making this a yearly trip…read morefor over 10 years and now we are going on the river twice a summer. Cannot wait for the next time!

I came up from Toledo Ohio was very excited because I am 70 and wanted to canoe vs Kayaking…read more Anyways got all the way up there almost 1 hour from Toledo which probably cost me 10.00 in gas one way. It's at a state park, not sure if that was even mentioned. But I did call numerous times no one ever told me it would cost me 10.00 to park on top of the 35 45 bucks to canoe for two elderly adventurous people, just glad to be getting out to do something active for a change on a limited income. We both have bad knees, can't run handicap sticker in our car that is 20 years old (kind of lucky to have even made it)! I told the lady sitting at the park I can't afford 10 dollars she said well the web site says it cost to park, I said I did not see it any where on the web site. Talk about a ridiculous cost to park while you canoe. I said for even handicap senior citizens she said yes. I said Well I am not paying that, I can't afford that, we will figure out what else we can do. So I looked around for some place to park where we could walk into the park without paying couldn't find anywhere. So, we went to the one that is in ann arbor FREE PARKING. Ridiculous it would seem like something else could be figured out with this expensive cost. SENIOR CITIZENS: Do Not Go to Skips unless you want to pay another 10.00 on top of the cost of canoeing on a fixed income to let your car sit at a park for 3 or 4 hours. Totally Ridiculous! Vickie

This is pretty much it for me as far as outfitters go. I take this stuff seriously and I have no…read moreproblem dropping my opinions on things. There are sports stores and then there are gems like this. If you need it, this place has it or it can be had. Like with my taste in food, I will travel great distances to find that one great place. My entire life has centered around outdoor activities that do not require a ball of some sort. This has also turned me into a gear fanatic, so yes, I can go broke quick here. On that note, the gear you will find here is reasonably priced. I used to travel to Indy for my gear habit, but REI is just to big and Rusted Moon, although cool, is just too proud. This is the place. This is the gear you want.

This is the kind of place you go to if you want to climb Mount Everest…read more The company's logo, the employees that work here generally do it for the love of the job. Giving them something to do. The owner is retired,( at a very young age). The oldest is around seventy). He is about like a fifty year old in his physical abilities. Also with a few select others. The main advantage here is that the employees (not salesman). Have actually used the equipment that you are looking at. The younger ones do not try to push it out the door (make a sale). Have you ever noticed that if you watch a T.V. show? That some piece of equipment you saw will suddenly show up in all the stores? It is always made in China? When you take I camping isn't that always the time it seams to well not perform as well as it looked like it should? This is the main advantage of this store. Knowing what to use, and not carry twice as much as needed. This was the part that bankrupted one of there competitors. Roots sporting goods, they tried to carry everything, the staff was overrun and id not know what they are doing. Even I could tell. Earth Adventures only does a few things; one of their newest classes that is offered is an emergency preparedness class. This is better than what the Red Cross-offers. Can you pick up one bag, and walk out the front door, for three days? Then have a second bag for seven days? I could just get in my van and drive off.

Our server Christian was very rude and arrogant; I almost left right after I ordered. I stayed and…read morewas very disappointed in the quality of food, we had a 45 minute wait, fries cold, chicken tenders overcooked, ketchup pouches were spoiled. I called the next day to let someone know about this experience. No one ever called back. I messaged them online. Still no response. I do not recommend this place to anyone.

We've always thought Captain Jim's had such a fun atmosphere and loved coming here for drinks. We…read morewere so excited when we stopped in this year and they're serving food! Our first time was on a Saturday for a couple drinks and appetizers. We shared the Reuben Rings and they were so great! They're a basket of onions rings with sauerkraut, corned beef, Swiss & thousand island. They were so good we ordered them again when we stopped by a couple weekends later. The jalapeño wontons were also good. They were not spicy at all and were served with sweet chili sauce. You get 5 in an order and there were 4 of us in our party. They were good but I don't think I'd get them again. All sandwiches are served with chips otherwise fries are $3 extra. Obviously I ordered the fries but that was a bit steep of an up-charge for fries that aren't homemade (in my opinion). Their Smash Burgers are great. I ordered the Irish Fisherman on brioche instead of Texas toast. It was so tasty, I'd certainly order it again. My husband had the Mean Marauder which had bacon, spicy BBQ, jalapeños & whiskey glazed onions. It was the perfect amount of spicy. I really liked it! They do charge I think $1 for ranch was also a bit steep in my opinion and I think I wish I had been told that when asking for it. Our friend ordered the Dirty Birdie and it was pretty sad. The brioche bun was great, there were two premade (purchased frozen) chicken tenders on it that barely filled the bun, barely any onions and almost no dirty sauce to speak of. She was disappointed and didn't finish it. We should've asked if the tenders were homemade or not. We were there on a Saturday and ordered a Bloody Mary and I think it was maybe $7. It came with cheese, salami, a pickle & olives. We came on Sunday for the Bloody Mary bar and it was different than expected. You build your drink from a dry erase checklist. Spicy Vodka, salami & cheese are all an up-charge. I'd definitely say the biggest disappointment is the Bloody Mary bar that isn't a bar and you'll likely pay more for one on a Sunday than on any other given day. The staff is very friendly and the restaurant is clean and newly renovated. The bathrooms are in rough shape! They're sort of being remodeled, I think. One had no paper towel, the other had no soap or toilet paper, one had holes in the wall and the other was 1/2 or 3/4 remodeled. I think there are 3 or 4 restrooms so I'm only speaking for the two I used since I've been there. I'll definitely be back when I'm in the area. I think I'll stick to beer, smash burgers and Reuben rings!!