Des Moines

This is a great little stretch for several reasons, due to the rocky river bottom, the water is unusually clean for Iowa and it is fairly swift... that couple hundred yard paddle can take a while fighting the current. It is also an excellent location for getting newbies into moving water to practive ferrying and catching eddies... many opportunities are provided here. A great precursor to something that requires some minor technical skills... This is deffinately a spot that I would take would-be newcommers to practice a bit.