Two days ago, I took my son on a 30 minute flatwater canoe ride. |
Only men compete in the canoe flatwater and slalom racing, and there are 12 events in total, nine for men and three for women. |
By rights, there ought to be a desert up here, so far from the oceans of the flatwater world. |
It was mostly a flatwater river, she reported, with the rapids concentrated in the first few days. |
The McKenzie River, of course, remains boatable throughout the fall, and flatwater boaters will find they have many of the Cascade lakes virtually to themselves. |