Location: Big Vermillion River near Cayuga, IN– Ann Wright Bridge to Eugene Covered Bridge
Distance 4.5 miles
Date: 9-2-06
Gauge: None
Paddle Time: 3 hours
Difficulty: Easy

Notes:
A nice paddle with lot of shallow areas, but that meant a plenty of sandbars to stop and rest and/or play on. We weren't in any hurry so we did that several times. One 50-yard portage was needed around some trees and there was one area we had to thread through carefully to get around trees but overall it was pretty clear.
My parents hadn't been canoeing in a long time and managed to tip over getting back in the boat after a sandbar stop but we all had a lot of fun.
This is a very rural area without much development along the river, so it's a pretty quite trip. There is also little other boating activity on the river so you should have it pretty much to yourself.
Tucker had some fun with his SOT playing in a riffle at the covered bridge at the end.
We did this trip through Outpost Outfitter in Eugene. It's a bare-bones operation using pickup trucks to shuttle, but they were nice people, their place has camping and showers availabe and all in all a good trip.
We rented boats but they did say if you have your own they would let you use the put-in and shuttle your vehicle back for a few bucks.