Sun, Aug 29 2004 - River Float and BBQ: Cushing/17th Ave SE to Sikome Lake (Fish Creek) (View Original Event Details)
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The Chicklet Boat (Pumper, Bumper, Humper and Stroker, aka Cheryl, Cecilia, Rhonda and Jennifer) ruled the river today. The trouble started early with Joel's boat initiating water fights, but anyone who came near us today learned their lesson about picking a water fight with the Chicklets. No one splashed like us. And believe me, the only reason why we were soaked by the end of it (and most everyone else was completely dry) was just because we were sweating so hard from all the paddling and splashing (and the destruction we wreaked on everyone else was contained and hidden using sun and battery-driven hair dryers). And that is the truth (as we see it) about today's river float.
The river itself was very nice today, and very different from the first float we did on August 2nd. The Aug 2nd float was an interesting float through the city, where today's was more of a nature float... lots more trees and lots less sky scrapers and neighborhoods. We had a lot more people out today, which was a bit of a logistical... um... 'challenge', but lots of folks stepped up to help out in various ways, and we had a great time. At the end of it all, we met up with the sub-COC group organized by Barbara M and had a barbecue. The tragedy of the day came when I dropped my ostrich burger into the campfire (they don't call me 'Grace' for nothin'), but Philip lept in and saved the day, salvaging the burger and helping me finish cooking it on his much safer camping stove. We finished off the afternoon with some birthday cake for Joel, and then Cheryl, Joel, Cathy and I raced off to go watch the Canadian competitor's display in the International Fireworks Competition.
-- Rhonda