dstanfor: Getting to the launch point
dstanfor: Stickering the boat
dstanfor: The competitors, before 4 hours in the boat
dstanfor: super shallow launch point slowed the start down
dstanfor: passing the starting line 4 minutes after our official start
dstanfor: early on, where we could still smile
dstanfor: taking the dam with another canoe
dstanfor: trying to beat people in the portage
dstanfor: success!
dstanfor: at the finish line, catching up
dstanfor: closer...
dstanfor: closer ... !
dstanfor: So Close! but not quite
dstanfor: our tired racer