The Blue River from Fredericksburg to Milltown in Indianna

My family took an overnight trip down the Blue River covering 24 miles of the Blue River from Fredericksburg to Milltown in Indianna. The river is absolutely beautiful. It is teaming with wildlife. We had planned to spread our trip out over 3 days, spending two nights on the river, but finding a place to camp proved difficult. We put in at the Old Mill Canoe Rental in Fredericksburg and stayed at their primitive campground 12 miles down river. The folks at the Old Mill Canoe rental were more than accommodating. They are only open on Saturday and Sunday, but they allowed us to camp out at their place Thursday night so we would be there and ready to put in Friday morning. We had intended to camp somewhere between the 6-9 mile marker but the banks were lined with what I call itchweed (feels like bits of fiberglass in your legs) Due to the difficulty we had finding a suitable place to hang our hammocks and pitch a tent we decided it might be best to go ahead and paddle with the intention of taking out at Milltown if we could not find a good place to camp. Cave Country Canoes has a campground right on the river in Milltown, which is where we parked our vehicles. At first they were not too keen on us leaving our vehicles but one fellow who I assume ran the place did help us out and allowed us to park in a back lot they own. They have a very nice facility with bathhouses and restrooms where we were able to clean up before beginning our 3.5 hour trek home. We fished along the way and caught several small fish, I would however suggest that if you plan to fish, be sure to get your fishing license before you go via internet, none of the local businesses sold fishing licenses and we stopped at several. We wound up having to backtrack near the interstate before we were able to purchase them at a Wal-Mart. Contact info: Old Mill Canoe Rental Owned and operated by: Matt & Angie Bockting 5 US Highway 150, Fredericksburg, IN 47120 Phone: (812) 472-3140 (They told us to call any time, regardless of the day of the week) In fact we called them when we got there Thursday night and Matt came down to greet us! Super great people! https://www.oldmillcanoerental.com/ https://www.cavecountrycanoes.com/