Last weekend a group of paddlers from Portland and Salem headed down to the McKenzie to indulge in a little bit of fall paddling. Chris, a student of mine, has been telling me about how awesome the McKenzie for as long as I’ve known him. He organizes a huge group camp-out every fall and I finally got around to going down there this year.
The water was low and the weather was cold. It was beautiful – there is just something magical about cool, crisp autumn air. We paddled the McKenzie and surfed some great waves. I ate well, shared many laughs and spent many nice hours by the campfire. All in the audience of changing leaves, bright reds and yellows, framed by evergreens. Is this really the off-season for kayaking?
The line up at Redsides
Allen surfs it up
Patty charges
Dee at the bottom of Fishladder. I couldn’t love these colors more.
Josh
Someone might have been just a little bit hungover.
Don and Toinette made the best gumbo
Campfires are nice
Christine was stoked
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David was a little bit hungover huh? Hmm, he must enjoy paddling the McKenzie with a hangover cos last year he was a lot hungover