houston, all systems are go.

the preparations for the first annual trashboat regatta are almost done. this was inspired by looking at a 50 gallon rain barrel & thinking has anyone used these for flotation????? & used them to float down a river???? holy crud yes some people have . if you have never seen the chunk666 site you must they decided it was a good idea to use trash to float on a body of water. then michelle found the rat patrol guys, serious genius here. then we found a dude that made a island out of trash. wow, i’m there. but it just won’t float.
this made me go back to growing up in seattle & oregon. my first home as a kid was a houseboat. not the yuppie sleepless in seattle houseboat. but the houseboats of the 1960’s , the head of the washington state communist party, a whore , a excommunicated priest & some artists lived on my dock. these were little found material shacks on floating logs in the lakes around seattle. then ocean kayaking as a teenager & canoe trips down the willamette river & tubing down streams. so floating down 4 miles of river on trash is no problem, right?
so first find or buy 50 gallon plastic barrels .

michelle the spokes model for trash on our river!
then you need to find out if the river is friendly to boats this time of year. so scouting i go. my rabbi james & neighbor has a kayak.

the scouting craft. off to the river i go.

there has been a lot of rain lately so the river is up. good news for us less things to get in our way. & the speed of the river is fast right now& we will just look like all the rest of the trash going down the river.

the kansas city sky line .

lots of bridges to go under.
more bridges
the new paseo bridge.
all looks good for next saturdays trash boat regatta. now i’m building 2 boats(a very loose term) for michelle & i.see you next saturday at acme for out big ride /float.

big grin…joel

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