The $47 deal

By Chris Erskine

June 7, 2009 12 AM PT

Canoe and kayak season has opened on central Oregon’s lakes, and deals abound, including pristine paddling tours and even beer-tasting trips.

The deal: Half-day canoe tours, priced at $47, take you through the glassy waters of a high mountain lake, through volcanic coves and past wildlife such as otter, mink, osprey and eagles. Includes transportation, canoe/kayak equipment/instruction and guide. No experience necessary. Kayak tours start at $55 per person. The company, Wanderlust Tours in Bend, Ore., is also offering “brews and views” beer-tasting canoe tours for $65. They are scheduled on Sunday and Wednesday afternoons through mid-September.

Info: (800) 962-2862, www.wanderlusttours.com -- Chris Erskine

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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