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Club Events 2005 : 2005-08-06 : COC - River Float: Bowness to the Zoo

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A couple of lessons learned today with this one: Make sure we have the details nailed down about exactly WHEN and WHERE people are to meet... but everyone forgave me, and I do believe we're close to having all the kinks ironed out of our "big group river rafting" events process. :) We set out to spectacular weather, and although it was extremely hot in the city today, down on the river it was warm with a delicious cool breeze. We had our pacifistic "Love Boat" captained by STFU-Ian and Hot Shelley, the warrior ship "Inflatable Doll" captained by Niagara and Maritimer Mike, the international "We Love COC" raft captained by "Mushroom" Sibel and Orion, the laid back "Doug and the Slugs" captained by "White Rabbit" Doug, the flag ship "Clothing Optional" captained by "Frou Frou" Cheryl and Aaron, and the rogue pirate ship (not on the official roster) captained by "Safari Phil". Philip had a name for his raft, but I don't remember what it was, and the rest of us decided that it should be called "Size Doesn't Matter", anyway. Put-in was down at Bowness Park where those of us on raft duty gathered to inflate rafts (and dolls) while waiting for the take-out carpoolers. There was some confusion, as I mentioned, about meeting place, however, everyone eventually turned up and we were off. Floating down the first section, we passed the river-level Bowness houses (pretty snazzy), and the Silver Springs, Varsity and other neighborhoods on the hill across the way. Passing Edworthy Park, we started to see downtown Calgary's pretty skyline followed by some even snazzier condos (and speculated about their prices). Many raft wars raged behind us as we deftly avoided the warships and "Size Doesn't Matter", the crew of which apparently had a case of "little raft syndrome" and thought they had to take on everyone on the river. Past downtown we found our take-out directly underneath St. George's bridge (just past the footbridge at the Zoo), which was kind of overgrown, and partially blocked by a log, but it was still there, much to our relief (next stop, the Weir of Death). Being the first raft out, by a long shot, the "Clothing Optional" crew set up an elaborate water ambush from St. George's bridge, however, due to premature ambush-ulation, only a couple of folks got a bit of a splash. A jolly good time, with many moving on to Philip's house after for an apres-float party. -- "Pudge" Rhonda from "Clothing Optional"

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A couple of lessons learned today with this one: Make sure we have the details nailed down about exactly WHEN and WHERE people are to meet... but everyone forgave me, and I do believe we're close to having all the kinks ironed out of our "big group river rafting" events process. :)

We set out to spectacular weather, and although it was extremely hot in the city today, down on the river it was warm with a delicious cool breeze. We had our pacifistic "Love Boat" captained by STFU-Ian and Hot Shelley, the warrior ship "Inflatable Doll" captained by Niagara and Maritimer Mike, the international "We Love COC" raft captained by "Mushroom" Sibel and Orion, the laid back "Doug and the Slugs" captained by "White Rabbit" Doug, the flag ship "Clothing Optional" captained by "Frou Frou" Cheryl and Aaron, and the rogue pirate ship (not on the official roster) captained by "Safari Phil". Philip had a name for his raft, but I don't remember what it was, and the rest of us decided that it should be called "Size Doesn't Matter", anyway.

Put-in was down at Bowness Park where those of us on raft duty gathered to inflate rafts (and dolls) while waiting for the take-out carpoolers. There was some confusion, as I mentioned, about meeting place, however, everyone eventually turned up and we were off. Floating down the first section, we passed the river-level Bowness houses (pretty snazzy), and the Silver Springs, Varsity and other neighborhoods on the hill across the way. Passing Edworthy Park, we started to see downtown Calgary's pretty skyline followed by some even snazzier condos (and speculated about their prices). Many raft wars raged behind us as we deftly avoided the warships and "Size Doesn't Matter", the crew of which apparently had a case of "little raft syndrome" and thought they had to take on everyone on the river. Past downtown we found our take-out directly underneath St. George's bridge (just past the footbridge at the Zoo), which was kind of overgrown, and partially blocked by a log, but it was still there, much to our relief (next stop, the Weir of Death). Being the first raft out, by a long shot, the "Clothing Optional" crew set up an elaborate water ambush from St. George's bridge, however, due to premature ambush-ulation, only a couple of folks got a bit of a splash.

A jolly good time, with many moving on to Philip's house after for an apres-float party.

-- "Pudge" Rhonda from "Clothing Optional"