lost in transition: A looooong day at the river

Yesterday, Meme and I left bright an early around 8:30 to head out to go float the river. We met up with Jamie, Justin, Derrick, Scott, Jesse, Josh and John who were all camping at Camp Huevo (pronounced Waco). We weren't able to get on the river till close to noon since there were about 30,000 other people getting the river, not an exaggeration. The first half of the trip was a blast, but after our unsinkable ship sank, it kind of went downhill from there.

The first half of the trip was full of beer bongs, jello shots, and some priceless laughs. Even when I lost my flip flops and tore my feet up, everything was still going smoothly. But shortly after the unsinkable ship (our 6 person raft) sunk, we ran out of beer and the sun went behind the trees, yet we were only about half way down the river.

After spending the last hour of the trip paddling with our arms (my shoulders are SO sore), we finally made it back to shore at about 9pm. At that point, we were suppose to just hop in Derrick's truck which was parked at the end of the River, and drive back to the campground...except Derrick left his car keys at the campground, so we had to wait for a bus. About half an hour later, we got on a bus, not all of us of course. However, there was a huge wreck on River Road so we were literally stopped on the road for about an hour. Jesse and Justin were having, from what I observed, somewhat of a lover's quarrel, at which point the bus driver interrupted, telling them to shut up because it was the stupidest argument he had ever heard. Still having fun though. Got back to the campground around 11 and sent Jesse and Jamie to go get Derrick and Meme.

After midnight, Jamie and Meme show up, without Jesse. Jesse got pulled over for a broken tail light and gave the cop a fake name because he was worried he had warrants out for him. The cop got his real social security number, found out there were no warrants, but arrested him for falsely identifying himself to an officer. At this time, the cop asked Jamie and Meme if either of them had any concealed weapons. Jamie looked over at Meme and responded "she's packing", which resulted in both of them getting taken out of the car and forced to lay face down on the ground. Where's a photographer when you need one? Anyways, Jesse spent the night in jail and Meme and I made it back to Austin shortly before 2am. I immediately got in the shower to wash the river water (aka beer/urine/jello) out of my hair.

Meme and I spent $48 on beer and snacks, $34 on tubes, and $30 on parking. I lost my sunglasses, my hat, and my flip flops. Meme lost her license and I broke my digital camera and Razr phone...so our fun yesterday cost a grand total of about $350...and I was expecting to spend about $20, what was I thinking?

...the unsinkable ship..."Do you have diabetes? (Meme: No) Well, you're gonna"..."we'll let you on the property if you're willing to take a beer bong"...Girls Gone Wild New Braunfels..."ask me where Jesse is"...Shelby is close to experiencing hundreds of years of oppression...Derrick almost died..."she's packing"...I need some bold flavored carbohydrates...Scott's thong..."25% of the females on the river today are menstruating, it's statistics"...black spandex turtleneck...my hatred of motorcyclists..."Shelby's coming back on Monday and she's bringing sluts"...