Personal Writing: The Current
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We were practicing methods of paddling Ruth Elvedt discusses in her
book, Canoeing: A to Z. We did the side stroke, which pulls the canoe
sideways. We did the back stroke, which makes the canoe reverse course.
We also did the classic forward stroke to go forward. We became quite
proficient in t ....
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.... and whatever else might float down the river) along the banks, and
it has so many sunken canoes and sunken logs along it's main channel that
safe passage through it is impossible - unless you stick to the right side
of the bend.”
As we neared the end of a long straight away in the river, I
noticed the speed of the water was increasing exponentially. A look
farther down the river told me what I had been dreading this whole trip now
lay before us, and we were going into Wallace's ....
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