Trip Week

Rivermen:  let's meet at my house at 7:30 am Friday.  If anyone wants to meet at the put-in instead just let me know.  The directions are as follows:

1.  Go to Readyville, Tennessee.

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We will eat Friday lunch at the Readyville Mill restaurant after we run the shuttle.  All other meals will be handled by the kitchen crew on the river.  Each riverman needs to bring his own plate, utensils and drinking vessels.  And also a BOWL this time (see menu).  Beer and water are BYO.  No disposable plastic water bottles.  Per usual, Tim is in charge of first-stop cocktails each day.  Josh and I will be shaking up martinis, dirty and dry, for that magic hour just before sunset when the fire is made and everybody is in dry clothes.

Menu:

Friday Lunch:  Readyville Mill "Eatery"

Friday Dinner:  Pete's Riverman Fish Chowder plus "Accompaniments Which You Will Find Pleasing."

Saturday Breakfast:  Lowrybread, coffee, tobacco 

Saturday Lunch:  Muffalettas

Saturday Dinner:  Occo Bucco and more A.W.Y.W.F.P.s.

Sunday Breakfast:  See Saturday Breakfast


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A few roster changes.

Vernon has been upgraded to probable.  Kirly has been downgraded to unlikely.  Rob Cannon is also in play now, although that was before Auburn got in the Final Four.  Hoping he decides to come catch a bunch of radioactive fish and listen on the radio.  There is precedent for this.




FYI there are no real options for joining us later in the day on Friday, but if it helps anybody I can definitely get you on or off the river Saturday morning for a one-nighter (either night).

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From the Central Procurement Office:

Acquisition 1.  Last trip we lucked in to two big, pre-cut logs to use for the Grumman when it was in kitchen counter mode.




Remember how nice it was to have it up off the ground and you didn't have to lean over for meal prep or to find your ready-rolls in the dark?

It was so nice, in fact, that we have decided not to leave that to chance any more.  We're going to try out these folding saw horses.  If they work we might get another pair for the fall trip and double the counter space.



Acquisitions 2 through 12... 



For the aforementioned magic cocktail hour.