Another Perfect Day For Rafting! Just enough water, lots of sunshine and a hefty breeze.
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Dan "The Man" Heichel, Gary "Guardrail" Thurstlic and Greg "Barfy" Nolte. Is it time for beer yet?
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Who Forgot Matches For The Cigars? 2 of the rafts had 5 rafters, 168 beers, 10 cigars and only one lighter between them. Heck, who says rafting isn't roughing it? Yeeehaaa!!
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Greg "Shots" Neely Drains His Water Lizzard. Is this why they call them "wet" suits?
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Fly Fishing Season Just Started 6 Days Ago. What type of bait do you use to fish for flies?
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The Only Way Across For Miles Is A Swinging Bridge. We didn't see any swingers though...
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Chris "Oh Burger" Oberg delivers the goods! Chris hurt his foot a week before the trip and couldn't raft. He drove our lunch supplies down to our stopping point and had the fires going when we got there. AWESOME!
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The food was great this year! Rob "Cornbread" Robinson picked up some sausages in Smyrna, DE to go along with the burgers, chips, and baked beans. Yup, we had a can opener this year!
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Jason "Homer" Hughes eats his 5th burger. We all stuffed ourselves and then headed back to the rafts to finish the second half of our trip down the Pine.
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Dan "The Man" Heichel is officially an Ass.man. We pull our rafts from the river and drink the few remaining beers before heading back to town for dinner. 3 rookies became official members of the Pine Creek Rafting Ass. by completing the trip down the Grand Canyon of PA.
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Gary "Guardrail" Thurstlic thinks he's a river otter? I wonder if his crew made him walk the plank?
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Jerry "Rainman" Lambert protects the beer. John "Dog Catcher" Phy gets splashed during one of the many river battles. That darn river otter is still hanging on too!
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World's most horrifying river accidents? The trick to battling rafts is keeping your beer upright and your cigar lit during the combat.
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Pulling over to drain our lizzards? Hey, the trip is 5 hours long and we drink lots of beer, ok?
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Sam "Precious" Volpone can piss 90 feet out! Greg "Shots" Neeley is in harms way as the rest of us scatter before Sam lets loose.
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HANGING OUT - The title of a book by I. P. Freely
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Greg "Shots" Neeley checks the water depth again. Meanwhile, a thumb is sneaking from the right side of the picture!
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Ready to launch. Beers are loaded and soon the rafters will be too!
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18 rafters ready to go! Our group grew to 18 rafters in 2006 for the best trip yet!
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Who Forgot Matches For The Cigars? 2 of the rafts had 5 rafters, 168 beers, 10 cigars and only one lighter between them. Heck, who says rafting isn't roughing it? Yeeehaaa!!
18 rafters ready to go! Our group grew to 18 rafters in 2006 for the best trip yet!