This past weekend we had our 9th annual Float Trip and it was a rather interesting and WET trip. Roach MO had rain from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon - with flash flood warnings and very wet camping conditions.
Joe & I spent all day Thursday shopping and packing for our annual canoe trip. If we would have been able to use my van, we would have been ready to leave first thing Friday morning. But, we had to take the time to take mine to the "car doctor" and pickup the rental van. Seriously, i talked to four different people at the rental agency and told them we needed a van - not an SUV, a van. So, what did they have when we go there? An SUV. So, we had to convince them to give us the van they had sitting right out front. Sheesh!
We finished getting the last few items for the trip (like marshmallows, since our two little monkeys got into the bag we had on Thursday night) and finished up the loading. We were literally leaving the house at noon - really good for us!
We went to a new place this year - ab out 2.5 hours LESS driving time. I didn't get nearly as carsick as I usually do. We got all set up and were ready to eat at 6pm - another first for us!
The rain came that night. luckily, of the 8 "groups" (6 couples and two single guys) 6 of them brought free-standing canopies. We set them all up BEFORE the rain and made a "condo" of sorts - in a big L shape around the campfire. If we hadn't had those, the trip would have been a total bust.
The float part of the trip was cancelled before 8:30 Saturday morning. But did that stop us? NO!
Most of us went down to the river and did some swimming and then they let us take the canoes on the wide part of the river that went right by the campsite. The river was disgusting as it had turned over in all the rain, but it was still freezing cold so that was good (yes, sarcasm is a strong point of mine).
We still drank a lot both Friday and all day Saturday and ate lots of good food. Saturday, since we weren't going to be exhausted from the canoing, a few of our group went and got LOTS of fireworks. Since it was so wet out, we were free to do more than just ground works and they shot off mortars and bottle rockets and all kinds of fun things. Have you ever shot a firework into a body of water? It's pretty funny!
Anyway, Sunday turned out to be the rainiest of them all - with flash flood warnings. We packed everything up in the rain and got the heck outta Dodge.
All in all, most said it was the best trip ever. I missed the float part and I'm not much of a camper, but I have to agree that it wasn't too bad.
I'll be getting pictures from Rex soon (I hope!) and I'll post them later.
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