Alternate put-in: Community Lot at 12600 W.Bluemound Road, Elm Grove

An alternate put-in is available on the other branch of Underwood Creek (or what I think is more properly Deer Creek). Traveling west on Bluemound Road, just west of Underwood Creek Parkway, you pass (in quick succession) the driveway to Aurora Health Care Ventures and the UPS Customer Center, then the driveway for a single home. Immediately west of that house, turn right to enter a small (easy-to-miss) public parking lot.

There are two driveways for the lot, but they are marked as one-way, the first/east driveway being the entrance, the second/west driveway being marked with a 'Do Not Enter' sign (I.E., exit-only). Park in the northeast corner of the small lot by a small bridge over the creek.

Put-in is possible from the parking lot side of the creek, but that streambank is rocky and is a bit awkward for putting in. If you walk across the bridge, the streambank is somewhat more gradual and has no rocks, thus may be a better choice.

The upsides of using this access:

A) It shortens the shuttle (minimally) and eliminates the slightly confusing left-turn lane off from Bluemound Road onto Elm Grove Road, as well as the next easy-to-miss final turn onto Golf Parkway through the residential neighborhood to get to Krueger Park.

B) The shuttle can be very straight-forward: Bluemound Road all the way! (Though mapping apps will generally pick other routes which may be a minute or two faster, but involve many more turns.)

C) You'll have super-short carry to put-in (as opposed to ~230 yards carry to put-in from Krueger Park).

D) It cuts off just under a half-mile of flat/flowing water (running 0.08 mile of this trib instead).

E) This starts with a bang (ok, maybe just a cap-gun 'pop'), as it rushes through culverts then bumps-and-thumps down a brief rock-rubble rapids.

The downsides of using this access:

A) It has no 'facilities' (like the 'semi-private' screen/fence and the portajohn which is normally available at our listed put-in)

B) It is on a busy street so has higher 'visibility' (if you need to change clothing or otherwise dally before putting on or upon returning to pick up your shuttle vehicle). (That said, while there is plenty of traffic on W.Bluemound Road / Hwy.18, I have seldom seen any cars actually using this lot.)

C) The culverts under the road/driveway may be partially or totally blocked by debris, making an awkward situation to have to deal with, and the brief rocky stretch may be a bit of boat and paddle abuse.