NRS wetsuit booties loaned out on Buffalo

[Eric Esche]

Somehow did not get back a pair of NRS wetsuit booties I loaned out on the Buffalo this past Saturday to someone in the group from Louisiana who did not have any. Would like them back when you get through with your trip. Couldn't get back Sunday or today, and have appointments Tuesday + Wednesday that I can not cancel with knee surgeons.

Thanks, Eric Esche

[Richard]

I have them. I also have the canoe seat salvaged from the half canoe. I will get them to you the next time we are on the river together if that is OK. Kim has a new novelty planter.

[Eric Esche]

Thank you Richard. I appreciate that. No sign of your sleeping bag liner.

Enjoyed the trip. Looking forward to the next one.

Eric

[painterbob]

i hope your not talking about a purple buffalo?

[Eric Esche]

As a matter of fact, it was very roughly half of a purple Buffalo with a relatively new and fairly well done kevlar skid plate on it. Think it had a '93 ID plate on it which suprised me with it being that old. Ask Kim if you need to know the serial number as it was on there. Rather torn up royalex hull with smashed vinyl gunnels, but a nice seat with aluminnum hanger blocks. It was river trash, so I hauled it out, as it would have been washed away with the next high water (forecast was for 2-5 inches of rain this week). Ian, Seth, and I also got a bag of cans, bottles, a bag of kids toys, a few yards of fabric, 3 flip flops, and an fold up old chair.

Do you know the history behind the purple Buffalo? Kim and Roger might want to know. It was going to be a potential bookcase, but then heard a yard planter. Would have been a little short for a canoe couch like Susan and I had for 10+ years. I called dibs on the plastic seat and hanger blocks, as I had not seen one like it before, and you never know when you will need a canoe seat, sort of like my keeping a few spare thwarts on hand, along with resin and kevlar felt .

Eric Esche

ps - Near where we found the canoe half, there is a big plastic round flat bottom with domed top stock water or fertilizer tank on the left hand bank above the gravel bar just up in the trees, partially tilted up on edge, top facing up stream. Should be real "interesting" to try to get it out. Might be rolled down to river on edge like a giant wheel, but I could see it squishing anyone who got in the way. Maybe haul it out with a raft or two canoes, or float it out in high water IF intact, but would probably get stuck everywhere due to width and weight if you tried to float it. Did not check it out further as I had one of Richard's grandkids with me, so do not know if it is empty. Would most likely take a few people to get it down to the river, not that I am waving a red flag in front of Cowper or anyone else in the ACC, but this coming weekend is supposed to be a clean up weekend with the Friends of the Buffalo. It would probably qualify as largest object retrieved.

[painterbob]

the canoe is from BOC (BUFFALO OUTDOOR CENTER). the stock tank came from above lost valley. we saw it go down the creek when it flash flooded. some kids were paddling it down stream two weeks ago. they duck-taped the holes in it, and had 4 boys, and 2 girls going around'n round as they went down river . .... i saw the canoe chunk on top of you rig last weekend as you went down to kyle's . i saw kim's quake, and that caught my eye! not use to your new rig.

[Roger]

:roll:

[KimL]

Bob, does the BOC want the half canoe back? I'll be happy to bring it to you!

Glad the Quake caught your eye. I love that boat.

You should have seen me driving home with the half a Buffalo on top of a whole Quake. :-)

[painterbob]

no it's yours to keep........but now you need a parrot, and an eye patch! you just became a RIVER PIRATE!

[KimL]

Oh, no! Seriously, I'll give it back. I was thinking about posting it in L&F but forgot about it as soon as I got home and deposited it in the yard. Out of sight, out of mind.

[Mtngal]

Saturday between Steele Creek and Kyles we saw a big blue thing that sort of looked like a plastic kiddy pool and was about 4' deep. It was on the right side at river level. Is that the stock tank? There will be a bunch doing clean up on that stretch so maybe they will haul it out.

[Eric Esche]

No. The stock tank is lower on the left above Erbie and it is white-cream opaque and about 2-3 times the size of a large kiddie pool. Painter Bob has seen it.

Eric