It's the perfect time to run a Wisconsin river. Someone who snatches the mail from the postal carrier's hand before the beleaguered civil servant can even slip it into the box. In other words, you'll have those paddles ready when the ice melts in the state's rivers and streams and the water is running faster than Marion Jones.
Early spring is an exciting time to haul out the canoe, kayak or raft and ply Wisconsin's waters.
Flush with snowmelt, rivers and streams offer challenging action and great fun. Top-notch rapids lie in wait for the bold, the brave and the bumptious. If rapid wrangling isn't for you, there are plenty of slower stretches to provide quiet recreation and fine opportunities to watch birds and wildlife. You'll get a jump on summer's boating throngs, too. Those in search of liquid intensity will find the Bois Brule, the Wolf and the Peshtigo rivers worthy adversaries.