Bethesda’s Brookmont neighborhood is a ‘Kayaker’s Camelot’

(Amy ReininkAmy Reinink / THE WASHINGTON POST ) - Brookmont, shown here on Monday, Feb. 6, is defined in part by its eclectic housing stock.

By Amy Reinink,

When Chris and Elliot Weintrob met in the late 1980s, they were living in a group house in Bethesda’s Brookmont neighborhood, where Elliot, then a competitive kayaker, was training for the 1992 Olympics.
The neighborhood, little more than an extended cul-de-sac off MacArthur Boulevard, has two walking paths to the C&O Canal, and sits minutes away from a world-class whitewater slalom course, which made it a draw for dozens of young kayakers and their coaches in the 1970s and 1980s.

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