♪♪ [Jessica Steines] We are at Rock Creek Marina and Campground alongside the Mississippi River Ecotourism Center.

♪♪ [Jessica Steines] Many times it doesn't have current here so it's a great place to learn how to paddle, paddleboard.

If you want to fish from shore you can fish from shore.

You can go on a blue heron pontoon boat ride if you're here on a Thursday evening.

Every cruise is different.

Here's a cormorant up above here.

♪♪ [Kohlsdorf] Outside of Camanche where the Wapsipinicon River meets the Mississippi, Rock Creek is all about the water.

♪♪ [Kohlsdorf] Nestled in the calm, muddy backwaters, the marina is a perfect spot to launch an adventure on the Mighty Mississippi.

Naturalists give guided tours of the river's tributaries and sloughs on the 24-seat blue heron pontoon.

♪♪ Tricker's slough is up here.

That's a dead end as well.

But if you go up Tricker's slough, you'll go to the real Rock Creek.

[Kohlsdorf] Or visitors can chart their own course on the canoes, kayaks and paddleboats available to rent.

[Jessica Steines] The really great thing about this place is we have a water trail.

It's just a fun place that you can experience nature.

Like right now, if we were to go out there, it would be like you're up in the Boundary Waters or something like that, in the wilderness.

♪♪ [Kohlsdorf] Beyond the water, the Mississippi River Ecotourism Center brings the river's natural heritage to life.

See local river fish up close in an 8000-gallon aquarium.

A store and cafe provide good and supplies for campers staying at the park's cabins and campsites.

[Jessica Steines] You just never know what you're kind of going to encounter here.

But you always know that there's plenty of mud, plenty of water and good times.

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