Many were in Lansing last weekend enjoying the concerts at Common Ground Music Festival. Lucky enough, the concert was right on the Grand River where many locals were paddling along on kayaks and boat rentals.

River Town Adventures is a kayaking, boat and shuttle rental company in Lansing, located on 325 City Market Dr. The kayak and shuttle services were started in 2014.

According to River Town Adventures, Michigan’s longest river is the Grand, flowing over 252 miles, where River Town provides shuttles to customers looking to take on the long journey down the river.

John Trevains, an employee at River Town Adventures, was working Thursday evening as concert goers rented out kayaks to see Common Ground from a unique perspective.

“Everything here is so laid back and chill,” Trevains said. “We’ve done a lot of cool events this summer, Common Ground being one of them.”

On the 4th of July, River Town provided a night-paddling event and boat rentals for Lansing residents wanting to watch fireworks on the water.

“We shuttle as far as Okemos,” Trevains said. “We do shuttles all the way down the Red Cedar and we do multiple shuttle trips on the Grand River as well.”

River Town Adventures offers trips on the Grand River from as far south as Diamondale and all the way west to Grand Ledge.

It is open Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to dusk and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to dusk, and specific kayak and canoe trips can be found on the company’s website.