{"id":844,"date":"2007-07-18T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-18T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/07\/18\/tuesday-night-on-the-river\/"},"modified":"2007-07-18T02:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-18T06:32:00","slug":"tuesday-night-on-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/07\/18\/tuesday-night-on-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday night &#8211; on the river"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pBlogBody_288916362\" class=\"blogContent\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I had a very, very quiet day. Frankly, I couldn&#8217;t concentrate at all.. the fog that seems to fill my brain these days just got really thick\u2026 so just tried to listen in on my teleconferences and stay out of trouble.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Even with all the activity around here.. I am still really<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>missing Gabe at camp.. Hope he&#8217;s having fun !<br \/><o:p><\/o:p><br \/>I got home around 6:30, grabbed a quick dinner<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>then<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Diane, Chai<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>and I went for a quick walk in the woods\u2026 We took the high loop through the sugarbush<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>on Robbins mtn. it was hot, muggy, buggy and soggy.. \u2026 and at one point I had to give Diane a piggyback ride because the nettles were so bad!<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Even so.. it was just great getting out doors. I feel<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>so much happier outside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><br \/>Just when I thought I had nothing exciting to write about today\u2026..<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Max comes through with something really interesting.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>He and his Voices friends had decided to launch the raft he&#8217;d been building out in the lawn for the past 2 weeks. He called it the &#8216;One third of Captain Sam&#8217; because it shared some components with the raft Sam built that we&#8217;d adapted for pond skimming then later for river rafting.. This new raft is a behemoth it&#8217;s floated by 4 55 gallon drums and is made of plywood and two by fours and is about 12 foot long by 6 foot wide.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>I was amazed that they could lift it.. but they carried it down to the river and launched it.. it not only floated, but it comfortably carried five of the guys.. The river was way up because of the rain.. so they didn&#8217;t have trouble with the draft.. and the current seemed to be fast enough to move them along pretty well. Last I saw them they were disappearing into a beautiful red sunset. <span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>I was very proud of Max&#8217;s raftmanship.. what a guy.. Sam would be proud too..<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Here&#8217;s Max with cinderblock anchor.. and a new haircut for the movie.. He&#8217;s so cute !<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707009.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Before the launch<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707014.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Here it goes !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707023.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707025.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707027.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707028.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">It floats !<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707030.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">It floats with people !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707044.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707047.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707054.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Dubious onlookers<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707045.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8230;. as they sail off into the sunset&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><object enablejsurl=\"false\" enablehref=\"false\" saveembedtags=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" allownetworking=\"internal\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" allownetworking=\"internal\" height=\"361\" width=\"448\" data=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/vid147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/95b15b0f.flv\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\"><\/param><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"internal\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/vid147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/95b15b0f.flv\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707090.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707085.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/rafttrip.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Right now I&#8217;m waiting for them to call to be fished out of the river\u2026 Hey.. there&#8217;s the phone\u2026 Sounds like they made the park in about 90 minutes.. amazing !<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>We&#8217;re going to go pick them up now..<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>And we just got two more Voices people staying here.. I think that brings us to 7 folks Never a dull moment\u2026 <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">More tomorrow.. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">-me<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;ps.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just went and picked up the brave rafters..We were able to dismantle the raft and take it home on the van.. Pretty wonderful !<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jul07g\/jul1707112.jpg\" \/><br \/><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a very, very quiet day. Frankly, I couldn&#8217;t concentrate at all.. the fog that seems to fill my brain these days just got really thick\u2026 so just tried to listen in on my teleconferences and stay out of trouble.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even with all the activity around here.. I am still really&nbsp; missing Gabe at &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/07\/18\/tuesday-night-on-the-river\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tuesday night &#8211; on the river<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-844","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\/844","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=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}