River Day 12/19/2016

Merry Christmas!

 

This week's River Day celebration was the last Monday before Christmas, and everyone was able to make it to the camp; Tim, Jay, Ted, Pat and myself.  Pat drove all the way from New York to be there.  I'm pretty sure he just didn't want to miss the classic Christmas songs playing.  The weather was good, but a little cooler than last week - somewhere around the 30 degree mark.

Freddy came by bearing gifts again this year - 6 of them, in green bottles.  And the Rivertarians had  little gift for him as well - a large can of gravy.  Sounds odd, but that's what he told Santa he wanted.

There wasn't too much activity away from the fire.  Something about being on the water makes those cooler temps feel so much colder.  As you can tell from the photo, we were all bundled up pretty good, but the fire felt great.  Tim pulled his vehicle up close so we could enjoy some music.  Not having electricity any longer has forced us to make some changes.

The annual Christmas gathering is always a good time, and this year was no different.

To all our faithful followers, Merry Christmas!

River Day 12/12/2016

Why would they think any work is going on at the river?

The entire Rivertarian  Party was able to meet at the river this week for the holiday: Pat, Ted, Tim, Jay, and myself.  Scott and Freddy were both there as well.  We had a decent day for it, mild temps and partly cloudy skies.  I say mild, but it was the coldest 50 I believe I've ever felt.  Oh well, nothing a little fire couldn't help with.  We still have pallets from the last couple of weeks, and there's no shortage of burning materials laying around.

No projects going on this week - most of the time was spent right around the fire, excluding the occasional wood foraging.  The river was up several feet higher than the last time, so no traipsing around in the rocks and weeds below the camp.

I will add that there's still some discussion about a Christmas album, Rivertarian style, but it may not catch on as well as we'd like to think.  And it'll probably never be a "family" favorite. 

I took several pics this week, so I'm posting several.  Ted took some also but he hasn't sent them to me yet.  I'll add them here, or make another post when he gets a chance to send them.

Just a few more Mondays left in 2016, and I hope to celebrate them at the river, or at least in the company of fellow Rivertarians.

Pay no attention to that man behind the tree!

As always...

River Day 12/05/2016

River Day was celebrated in town this week, mainly due to work schedules.  Jay and Ted were the only ones that were flexible, I had a late meeting, Tim was iffy, and Pat was a no show.  So we gathered at our back up spot - Jay's shop. 

Despite not being at the river, we had a good holiday, as every River Day is.  Since we were inside, I won't comment on the weather, and we did not have a fire, for obvious reasons.

Sorry that no one thought to take any pics this week - maybe an audio recording would have been more appropriate.  We've come to the conclusion that we need to start work on the Rivertarian Christmas album.  As you might imagine, this will by necessity come with an age restricted warning.  Our version of the old classics is neither kid friendly, nor politically correct.  Go figure.

Anyway, just wanted to chronicle this week's River Day and wish everyone out there a Happy Holiday.