It is getting to be that time of year, yet once again. The time when the itch for the Memorial Weekend Canoe Trip. Duckie and I have already had our customary Christmas time chat about this years trip. I have also been in contact with the General about our journey to come. All three of us have agreed that we need to definalty DOWN-SIZE this year. The end to last year's trip was shit to say the least, which I plan on updating here in the near future. We have a couple of changes for this coming trip, some sad and others...well that still remains to be determinded.
Saddly this year we will for sure not have The Mule or Mini-Hulk on the trip. The reason, Mini-Hulk slipped on past the goalie and knocked up The Mule. They are both happily awaiting the arival of their first born child, a son. All of us from the River Runners wish them the best on their new chapter in life and we look forward to seeing them back again next year. My mom has already volunteered to watch the little rug-rat every year for the trip.
There is a slight possibility that Dishman and his wife will be joining us this year, however, he recently told me he wasn't too hopeful because that is a busy time for him at work and he may not be able to get the time off. I'll keep ya posted.
As for Ladies Man, he and his girlfriend had their first child last December, a baby boy named Aiden, so he will most likley not make it. Also, his job really pick up during that weekend, so he probably won't be able to get it off. Again I'll keep ya posted.
Nevertheless, Emily, Duckie, The General and myself are all a go for this year. We are currently trying to get some former River Runners to come back to the trip along with trying to find some FNG's for this year. (Fucking New Guys) Keep ya posted.
The new thing this year is that The General bought a nice chunck of land on the west side of the second crossing of highway six. Did ya catch all that. It is the second time that the Bigfork River crosses the highway. The only problem is that it is quite a ways down from where we normaly pull out of the river. It also takes us past Little American Falls, and absolute must portage section of the river. This means altering the trip from camping at the Doons for two nights to one and spending a night at Little American. I think a lot will depend on the river level. Goog current equals good progress, bad current equals working your ass off to get somewhere. We'll just have to see what the spring brings us.
On a side note, I apologize for taking so long to post anything new here. I plan to make a little time each week to devote to the stories of this hallowed journey.
Until then I remain...Crazy Joe
The story of The Bigfork River Runners begins back in 1996. It was the end of my first year of higher education and to celebrate I put together a motley crue of friends to take a canoe trip down the Bigfork River on Memorial vacation. The trip was a blast to say the least; since then we have carried on the tradition of canoeing the river every year on Memorial Weekend. Through this blog The Bigfork River Runners will share their stories and pictures from trips past and trips to come.
