30 days left until Canoecopia!     March 13 - 15
Location
Alliant Energy Center
1919 Alliant Energy Way
Madison, Wisconsin

Show Hours
Friday: 3 PM to 8 PM
Saturday: 9 AM to 6 PM
Sunday: 10 AM to 4 PM

Tickets
1-Day: $17.00
3-Day: $35.00
Ages 17 and under are FREE
Cash or check only for tickets purchased at the event

Parking Fees
1-Day: $10.00
Credit only, fees collected by Alliant Energy Center
Advanced passes may be purchased HERE.
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  Rob Kesselring



A national known professional speaker, Rob Kesselring is also a veteran of 39 arctic canoe expeditions, 112 BWCAW-Quetico trips, and he has paddled over 150 rivers worldwide. A wilderness guide in the Boundary Waters, Big Bend, and Gates of the Arctic National Parks. He is the author of three books: Merlyn Carter Bush Pilot, River Stories, and Daughter Father Canoe. Rob has spoken many times at Canoe Expos. In 2025 he camped over 250 nights in the USA, Costa Rica, Africa, and the Northwest Territories of Canada - his mantra: never half-way.




Presentations

Rob Kesselring
 Campfire River Stories from Anywhere and Everywhere
Quetico - main floor Sun 1:30pm-2:15pm 



Rob Kesselring
 Have Canoe, Have Van, Will Travel
Quetico - main floor Sat 12:30pm-1:15pm 
For a decade, Rob Kesselring and noted Canadian Canoeist and Birder, Sue Plankis, have been full-time van lifers. Traveling from the Arctic Circle in Alaska to the Florida Everglades, they have learned the secrets of Vanlife. Their first van was a DIY Ford F-Series, and for the last six years, it has been a professionally converted Dodge Promaster. Their favorite hull up on the roof rack is a 32-pound carbon tandem canoe. Attend the presentation to find out why. Learn the ins and outs of the best ten years of their lives and how you can be like Rob and Sue. Over the decade of van living, they took 3-month winter vacations in Africa, South America, Australia, Central America, and Colorado. They afforded that travel by living in and loving their van for the other nine months!  



Rob Kesselring
 The Thrill of a Self-Guided Far North Canoe Trip, You Can Do It!
Superior - main floor Sat 3:30pm-4:15pm 


 
Location
Alliant Energy Center
1919 Alliant Energy Way
Madison, Wisconsin

Show Hours
Friday: 3 PM to 8 PM
Saturday: 9 AM to 6 PM
Sunday: 10 AM to 4 PM

  Tickets
1-Day: $17.00
3-Day: $35.00
Ages 17 and under are FREE
Cash or check only for tickets purchased at the event

  Parking Fees
1-Day: $8.00
Credit only, fees collected by Alliant Energy Center
Advanced passes may be purchased HERE.
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