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DAY TRIPPIN' Day Trippin': Upper Klamath Canoe Trail is a fall natural By Bill Bartlett for the Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Bill Bartlett for the Mail Tribune Posted Oct. 5, 2015 @ 12:01 am By Bill Bartlett for the Mail Tribune Posted Oct. 5, 2015 @ 12:01 am --> You can be a travel writer Do you have a favorite destination or scenic drive that’s within shooting distance of the Rogue Valley? If so, email us a 300- to ... » Read more X You can be a travel writer Do you have a favorite destination or scenic drive that’s within shooting distance of the Rogue Valley? If so, email us a 300- to 500-word story about it that includes directions, and send pictures if you have them, to Mail Tribune features editor David Smigelski at [email protected] » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Editor's Note: Day Trippin' is a recurring feature that gives readers a chance to play tour guide and tell us about a nearby getaway. If you want to combine a nature outing with an upper body workout — or if you haven’t been in a canoe or kayak for months or years — you might consider taking to the 9.5-mile Upper Klamath Canoe Trail. This is a good time of the year, with the leaves turning color, to make the 53-mile, 65-minute drive up Highway 140 to Rocky Point Resort, or another four miles to the Malone Springs boat launch. If you don’t have a canoe, the resort rents them and kayaks for $20 to $60 depending on hours of use. If you want to take photos but don’t want to risk that new camera going overboard (along with you) in a tipping canoe, you can rent a paddleboat. Kids and adults with some physical limitations will find them a good option. The well-marked trail is a journey through a freshwater marsh. There are intersections, mostly 90 degrees to one another. The resort will provide you a map but it is somewhat easy to get temporarily lost as you will be easily swept away by the surrounding beauty and frequent wildlife sightings, especially of the feathered variety. Don’t get fooled into thinking you can cover the entire trail in an hour or two. Even with two paddlers you will average only about 2 miles an hour. But what’s the hurry? Sit back and enjoy. Get advice, too, on the wind that comes up with some force late in the afternoon. Plan to have the wind at your back on the return ride to the dock. The resort operates April 1 to Nov. 1. If you have your own watercraft or rent from any number of shops in Medford or Ashland, then you can go year round, weather permitting. Pack plenty of water, a hat and be generous with the sunscreen. Assume you might get wet and just be grateful if you don’t. The water is seldom more than waist deep, with as much or more nature under the water as on shore. If you are not a shutterbug, consider digging out those binoculars. You will find them a benefit when searching birds and trail openings. The marsh is home to hundreds of wildlife species. Birds range in size from small redwing blackbirds to large and dramatic white pelicans and great blue herons. Due to migration patterns, the number and variety of birds will change month to month. The trail itself is a natural cut through bulrushes and cattails and plants called wocus that rise out of the wetlands as much as 5 feet. They provide shelter for many species, camouflaging them from predators. Be sensitive to nesting fowl. Picnic opportunities abound, and the resort has a restaurant with a large deck overlooking a vast expanse of the marsh. Bill Bartlett lives in Talent. 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