NATIONAL RIVER DAY: River Day 04/30/2018

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

River Day 04/30/2018

Catch of the day!

After a long hiatus, we actually made it to the river for River Day! And we couldn't have asked for a nicer day for the return. Nothing but blue skies and warm temps (70ish) after a long, cold winter. The whole crew made it down: Pat, Ted, Jay, Tim and myself.

We weren't really too sure what to expect about the condition of the place, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. You can tell from the photos that the water had been up, and as the saying goes "the River giveth, and the River taketh away". Okay, I might have made that one up. The wood pile we had back in December was gone, but there was a lot more left behind by the last flood. Some of the pieces washed up could had destroyed a house with a direct hit. Fortunately, that didn't happen. The other thing we noticed missing was the old refrigerator from the front porch of the cabin. We're pretty sure the river didn't get that one, so either Ron snagged it, or some local frito-bandito made off with it. Oh well, it didn't work anyway (which is why it was on the porch to begin with).

Obviously we had a great fire, kicked off by a couple of boxes (understatement), and topped off later on with a 3 year old Christmas tree (kids, do NOT try this at home). We did a good bit of clean up and pick up as the afternoon went on, and actually either piled up, or burned up a lot of what was laying around.

The water looked great for fishing, and we're usually catching this time of year. Sadly, the only thing we actually caught was bait - lots of it. At least the hellgrammites were active. We thought for sure that this was to be the "first catch of the year" day. Not to be.

We enjoyed a nice visit with Freddy, and caught up on a couple of stories. It was nice to know we've been missed around the area.

Although it was kind of an early day, it was about as perfect a River Day as you could expect. I'm grateful we got to get together at the camp for the celebration, and I'm thankful for my fellow Rivertarians to enjoy it with.

Since it's been such a long time, I'm posting a higher than normal amount of photos to record the event.

Happy River Day to all!