{"id":67581,"date":"2019-07-27T20:46:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T00:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2019\/07\/27\/saturday-night-floatapalooza-2\/"},"modified":"2019-07-27T20:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T00:46:56","slug":"saturday-night-floatapalooza-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2019\/07\/27\/saturday-night-floatapalooza-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday night \u2013 floatapalooza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exciting game\u2026 So much that I think it Made me wake up early. At 4:30 in the morning I went out to take a swim. I was excited because today floatapalooza<\/p>\n

It’s an annual affair that our friend Michael runs to raise money for local charities. People gather in our backfield\u2026 And some in our yard\u2026 To float with 3 1\/2 miles to Richmond, you can float on anything you want\u2026 We had everything from inner tubes to peacocks to Inflatable pizza slices.<\/p>\n

The first person to come was our friend Kevy And his friends from Quebec. We met them last year. They ended up camping down here and attending our house is 150th birthday party. He such a great guy. He brought us a bunch of eggs and butter\u2026 And ended up setting his tent in our yard. It was so good seeing him again<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Every year is a little different\u2026 This year there was actually a band playing while people were getting ready. They were really good. Right next to our yard<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Pretty soon a ton of people started showing up. Michael’s estimate was about 600 people<\/p>\n

http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_4615.mov<\/a><\/p>\n

Around noon people started walking to the river<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

There were long lines to get in. I ran up to the Bridge to get a couple of pictures from above<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Bob And Amanda we’re up on the bridge watching too<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Then it was time to float! Our friends John and Lauren, Duane and Laura , kyle and hunter were floating with us<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

About a mile and we all stopped at Pratts Field\u2026 Every year the Pratts put on a great hotdog barbecue for everyone. It’s really really great at that\u2026 And a very good time.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Then it was back to the river. He met lots of people as we floated down. Some of them gave us things like Jell-O shots<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It took about 4 1\/2 hours to get to Richmond. I was a little happy and a little sad to get to the Bressor’s house<\/strike> and the bridge<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Some kids were jumping off the bridge\u2026 I was tempted but didn’t really feel like it<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

We eventually scramble to the side and got up and got of the buses. It had been a great float<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

From there it was back home. We got to say goodbye to Kevy And his friends and Michael. It had been a great event<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now we’re trying to think of ways to stay awake until a reasonable bedtime. We’re exhausted\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s nice to be tired sometimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nite all, nite sam<\/strong><\/p>\n

-me<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exciting game\u2026 So much that I think it Made me wake up early. At 4:30 in the morning I went out to take a swim. I was excited because today floatapalooza It’s an annual affair that our friend Michael runs to raise money for local charities. People gather in our backfield\u2026 And some in our … Continue reading Saturday night \u2013 floatapalooza<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}