River Day 01/16/2017

We had totally different weather conditions at the river this week, and a different group of Rivertarians (mostly).  Jay, Ted and I met at the camp with temps in the upper 50s, and the river running fairly high.  All of last week's snow has melted and we've had rain throughout the last week.  We had a brief rain shower while we were there, but it didn't last long (only long enough to make us grab hats and hoods). 

I brought some early (or maybe late) Christmas gifts down, but only Ted and Jay got theirs.  I had some prints made from one of our fall camping trips - 2013- that I wasn't able to print before due to the small image size.  Trish was able to do some photoshop magic that allowed for very decent 5x7s, despite the subject matter.  I'll get the other two theirs when I see them.  It's nice having a running collection of the group pics from the camping trip.

We did have the best fire on the river, but this week I think we have to give Freddy all the credit.  We had it choked out with too much paper, but thanks to persistence and pyro-101 skills, the Fredster had it roaring along in no time.  He may need to be voted in, if only for his fire building skills.

Ted has been quietly busy with a little project over the last few months, and this week he brought it with  him to the river.  He took the pitchfork that we've used to tend the fire for many years and refinished the handle.  The handle in question is actually the 2nd one for the pitchfork; the first was broken by David's stupid friend, Ron.  The replacement has been around for a long time, and was showing signs of weathering and a lot of heat.  It has now been sanded smooth, and sealed with many coats of polyurethane.  There's even been a little etching added to the end of the handle to really finish it off.  I hope the photos do it justice.  Thanks Ted!

Once again, we had a great River Day celebration.