paddling the desplaines – willow springs section

We tried a new “put in” halfway in between Lemont and Willow Springs just off of Jeans Road. It’s a really large ramp with plenty of room. We saw a fishing boat as well as one other paddler and numerous fisherman. There were tons of birds and we had some rain. There’s a really interesting tributary that we were able to paddle up until we arrived at some rapids, class 1 I guess.