“You’ll never get me on that river!” said my mother, a Chicago native, when I told her that my family planned to kayak the Chicago River. It’s true that the river used to be extremely polluted, but after years of cleanup efforts, the waterway is now safe for groups such as Kayak Chicago to lead paddling excursions into the city’s downtown.
On a sunny June day, my husband, Dan, and our three sons, Jackson, age 10, Nolan, 6, and Aaron, 5, and I discovered how fantastic it is to explore a river bordered by skyscrapers  … Details
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