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Here's my top ten for this year...

1. Great attitude from all those that came and made it happen, in a low water year!

2. The out going directors - Marc and patti.

3. The new guys who will keep it happenin'.

4. Ron and grant who found us moving water on both days where no one else was and the participants who trusted us.

5. The shuttle crew.

6. The catfish crew who persevered and made great fish, chicken, and other fried things.
And the pancake crew.

7. The strawberry cobbler.

8. The short board meeting.

9. All the guys who trekked to the kings river and left the mulberry to the rest of us.

10. Brad for letting us take over Turner Bend.


Post up your list.

Ty

Number 1:

All those who drove to and from Kings River on Sat and left the entire Shores Lake open to our class for a full day of intense skill building drills.

Number 2: A super great group of advanced students who saw the benefit of working hard on skill building drills on a secluded lake rather than driving 3 hours or more to float down a beautiful but class 1 stream.

Number 3 thru 10: your choice from T's excellent list, no need for me to repeat!

1. Marc & Patti and all the volunteers that helped out
2. Tom & Stephanie for coordinating a painless shuttle to the King's (It was flawless and they worked ALL DAY to make it happen!)
3. Brad Wimberly and all the really nice people at Turner Bend. What a special place!
4. The five young men of K4 kayak class that taught their instructors way more than we taught them. (Missed you Dillon!)
5. Seeing all of my ACC friends that I don't get to see nearly enough!
6. Playing music with Walter Hudson on Friday night. Only person I can harmonize with without even trying! (May have been the adult beverages!)
7. The OMG Catfish Fry! The food is incredible and watching the NW Chapter work together is so fun they should make it a reality TV show.
8. The 15th annual RV Chapter Pancake breakfast and watching Flapjack make pancakes.
9. One of the finest annual General Membership meetings I've ever attended.
10. Just being in the Valley of Love,

whipperwill in the dawn
pretty soon he'll be gone
and he's got just one good song to sing

but like my daddy said,
you only live till your dead
and you've got to sing and sing and sing!

1. RV chapter Pancake breakfast.
2. The caravan of kayaks heading to King's...quite a sight from the back!
3. The Bucellas and Kneesis for making the pancake breakfast happen!
4. Brad and staff of TB
5. Everyone else that helped with the pancake breakfast.
6. Snake watching on the Kings.
7. Everyone eating pancakes.
8. Making new friends.
9. The new signs for the Pancake Breakfast that Karen and crew made!
10. Being a part of the ACC!!

driving in to TB and seeing a full campground
seeing the Leadership successfully adapt to extreme conditions again
learning the Piney Cr. chapter secret handshake/greeting signal
camp music
the tradition
the pageantry
the food
the old stories
the new stories
learning a new stroke
seeing friends-new and not as new

The very patient students in K2 who all showed up again on Sunday morning with a great attitude.

Pres. Tom for making the Kings R. option happen.

The emergency repair team who got fryer #2 going, pulling the Fish Fry out of the jaws of disaster.

Mrs. Paddledog for getting those fry baskets delivered in time to feed the masses!

#11 The Super MOON!

That dude was Loud! Woke me up several times!

#12 Those GD Hippies with the glow-in-the-dark Bocce Balls!

1. Stephen's Dutch oven chicken & dumplings
2. Glow in the dark Bocce
3. Ryan's blow log
4. Walter, Marcell, & Basil making me as sore as I have ever been
5. Rodney playing the Hogs baseball games
6. Turner Bend sandwiches
7. Enjoying, working and eating the catfish fry
8. Fact that I could leave gear unattended in the back of a truck
9. Seeing Kurt train the next generation of boatballers on the Mulberry
10. Seeing such a clean campground later Sunday afternoon

I can't really add much to what has already been said. I don't know that I have ever been in a group that large, and every single person I met been as helpful, considerate, and in good spirits despite the low water level.

I would like to thank Dave, Vernon, and Al for elevating my game several notches.
I'm almost glad we were forced to flat water work. I don't think I could have learned more even if the Mulberry was running at optimum levels.

I also want to thank Dave Renfro for letting me spend so much time in his boat.

Rodney Center for camping next to me and helping me at camp while I was so busy with all the activities and classes.

Oh yeah, and WINNING A FREAKIN DAGGER NOMAD!!!

I'm still in a state of disbelief. Thanks to Ozark Mountain Trading Company for donating it, and all the other sponsors for their donations.
I think most people that attended own a share of this boat, and I promise to wear it out. If anyone wants to paddle it, they are more than welcome to.

It was an incredible weekend, and I am still in an afterglow.

Ken Wallace

1. Dianne and Dianne (SP) for being such great teachers! Tracy is pumped for the next run.
2. Rodney for teaching Averie some great swimming lessons.
3. Boatball on Saturday
4. Getting to know Renfro and Ryan Center
5. Fish Fry troop for saving dinner!
6. Hughes, Fowler, Serfass and Fagan for holding down camp.
7. The log of interest
8. Awesome pancakes
9. Meeting folks from other chapters
10. Turner Bend store.

What a great weekend. Hope to be in a class next year.

1. Floating the Kings River for the first time.
2. Diane and Diane for teaching a great class and making it fun even with the lack of water.
3. Catfish fry
4. Pancake breakfast.
5. Shuttle/class location organization
6. Impressive showing from out of state chapters.
7. Meeting so many great people from other chapters.
8. So many paddlers that make everyone feel welcome.
9. Hanging out with friends from other chapters.
10. Whitewater School was crazy fun and a great learning experience!

Thanks to everyone who came out to participate and all the volunteers, specially Marc and Patti!

Farmbus wrote:Oh yeah, and WINNING A FREAKIN DAGGER NOMAD!!!

Yeah, that would be in my top 10 if it every happened. If I ever win a boat, I'll have already paid retail price for it over the past 15 years.

Love donating my raffle money to the ACC tho,
Fish

It had to be! For some unknown reason, I tossed my XXL cockpit spray skirt in the truck. Even tho I was paddling my faithful old school RPM Max.

At breakfast, Ken allowed OOO did not have a XXL spray skirt on site so he could not get the new boat wet. I just smiled and handed him the spray skirt I had stashed in the back of my truck.

Ken and that Nomad on our run Sunday looked like they were made for each other. All those drills we did Saturday were effortlessly done for real as we moved down the river. An ideal boat!!!

Ken was all smiles,making the moves and looking totally relaxed in his new boat.

I am looking forward to the opportunity to see Ken clean the Cossatot in that Nomad.

Me and you Fish, when it comes to winning boat raffles. On the other hand, instruction is one of the really neat things our Club does for the sport. So win or lose the boat, like you I am glad to buy tickets each year.

1. The beautiful weather
2. All of the volunteers
3. The great instructors
4. Making new friends
5. Fish dinner
6. Pancake breakfast
7. Learning
8. Turnerbend
9. The blow log with 10 gal of cooking oil
10. Seeing Kenny W face while sitting in his new Nomad

And on Saturday, the NW Chapter fired up their fryers and said "Let there be hushpuppies" And there was merriment and beverages. And boating geekery. And the supermoon and the tall pines and the car alarms agreed that all was good.