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CREATED:
JULY 2004
We do it every Year:
After all the anticipation, it was time to make the trek to
the best place to canoe in the United States. Huzzah Valley...
to bad it was full this year and we had to go to Bass Resort.
Annual Canoe Trip - Steelville, MO
After
setting up the campsite, we crack open our beers and get something
to eat. Justin immediately yells the traditional Huzzah cry,
"Get 'er Done!!!"!
With
our stomachs full, Justin and Dick break-in the party with
Justin's piñata.
Jeremy
had to come help them out.
I
just wanted to play football, instead, I get hit in the head
and flicked off by Justin.
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It rained for 12 straight hours before we showed-up. Most
of the campsites were half under water and were marked off
by the trashbag hanging from a string.
We
were having so much fun, we had to get more to eat. We can't
live on beer alone.
Jeremy
is filling up his torches.
No one told him he could unscrew the top.
Kenzia
just laughs.
While
the rest of us played, the cook was hard at work... cooking
us some hamburgers.
Jeremy
must have spilled a little bit of the oil. The whole top of
the torch is on fire!
Jeremy
and Kenzia brought chicken to eat for dinner, they didn't
want beef... the weirdo's!
That
is why I want a truck, you just through a tarp over a PVC
pipe frame and you're camping!
Yeah,
the corn was good, even though it was a little burned. Jeremy
tries to eat all the delicious kernels without eating the
burnt part.
After
a wonderful dinner, the group sits down to relax and just
enjoy the time away from the "hustle & bustle".
Of
course, when that happens... minds wonder. Here, Justin and
Dick, are using the lighter to fill the can with gas. "Watch
this" is said as famous last words.
Now
that everyone had a few beers in them, it was time for dessert!
Dick and Justin attempt to break into the pinata.
WHHHHHIFFFFFFF!!!!!.
Jeremy keels-over as he completely misses the pinata and tries
not to fall over from being so dizzy.
Barely
letting Jeremy get a chance to stand back, Kenzia takes a
swing at him... I mean the pinata.
She
gets funny and tries to use the stick to find him... sorry,
I mean the pinata.
Justin
takes his first swing and hits his head. "Aren't you
supposed to use the stick?"
After
that Justin just goes bull-wild. Head down, balls-out, swinging
like a madman.
Eww,
Eww, Eww! Who ate corn?
"Whheefffttt!
Ok, everyone out of the pool! The fun police are here!"
[Wow, I think I just wrote the dorkiest thing ever.] Justin
turned on his Blue Light to liven up the group... like we
needed that.
The
next morning was an early one. Jeremy and Jeremy use the axe
to stoke the fire back-up. They both just try to wake-up at
the same time.
With
the blowup Big Bird around his waist, Justin's ready to go.
With
the beads on, Justin and Dick are Now ready to go.
We
didn't get get very far before we decided to stop. We had
to wait in line so long, it was already lunch time. We had
fun on the sand beaches (Scott with the football, Wade eating,
and Jeremy in the background.)
Who's
the bald white guy? Oh, that's Kevin.
Becky,
Stephen, and Holly enjoying the sun. We had the best weather
possible.
Jeremy
and Kenzia way out in front.
Conan
(Kohnen), Scott, and Kevin check out the crowd for other crazy
groups like ours. The river was really crowded, just the way
we wanted it.
Jeremy
and Kenzia came back to hangout with us.
Swing'n
his beads in the air and yelling "Git 'er done!"
Jeremy's about to get slapped by Holly. He wanted her to earn
the beads.
Wade
can't believe the craziness that he's experiencing!
The
monkey (Scott) climbs a tree that leans over the river.
People
passing by were asking,"What's he doing?"
He'll
get to the top eventually... or he'll fall.
Uhh-Oh,
he almost fell!
A
kid allergic to the sun (the huge umbrella) stopped by to
watch Scott fall too. Jeremy and Kevin give him some beads
for being so brave... it was a sunny day.
Saying
"Look out below!" as Scott dangles from a branch
as he prepares to fall.
The
crowds were backing up to watch the spectacle.
Success!
At least he fell in the water and came back up. Jeremy sings
on "If you're happy and you know it... !" If you
went on the trip, you KNOW the chant.
At
a different beach, the group enjoys more of the fun in the
sun.
One
girl in a different group had a little to much to drink. We
all gave her a hard time as she is hanging over the edge of
the raft.
"Look
out for the puke!", Jeremy directs traffic away from
the polluted water, "Move along, nothing to see here."
She
was like the Energizer Bunny... poor girl... she just kept
going and going and going and going.
We
made it back to camp, after a hard days work of floating and
drinking on the river, it was time to relax and get something
to eat! Wade grabs his brats while, Kohnen grabs a chair.
With
weather and a campsite like this, it was a great day for camping.
Stephen,
Becky, and Jeremy getting food ready.
With
our stomachs full, it was time to relax some more. It was
the purpose of the weekend.
I
didn't have any pictures of me being there. So I took a nice
picture of Jeremy's sunburn.
After
a nice long sleep, Jeremy finally woke-up to get something
to eat. What a great picture!
Dick looks tired. He said he wanted to drink that whole thing
of water. Better get-to-drink'n, its going to be time for
bed soon. Maybe he was just staring at the fire, we had tons
and tons of wood to burn.
It
was a good fire. We actually almost burned all the wood we
had.
Kohnen
and Dick drink some of Jeremy's homemade wine.
Stephen
and Becky cook-up dessert... Some-ores.
Scott,
Kevin, and Wade enjoy the fire too.
Our
neighbors pouring the candle wax on the fire. They were kinda
crazy. We saw them on the river quite a bit.
Poor
Becky couldn't stay up to much later. I couldn't blame her,
it was a long day.
Jeremy
must have been thinking, he brought a rake to cleanup the
tootsie-roll mess from the pinata..
Gas
was cheap in Missouri! Seriously, what was the world coming
to? It was only $1.73 a gallon.
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