Group Shot	Karen	Don	Eileen	Stacy	Greg
Rick spent a lot of time showing off his chest,in camp	and later while eating lunch (Jeff, Steve, and Stacy are watching)	Paul	Sue	Kim	Kim as a Sheik
Paul and Sue	Sue and Kim	Tom and his daugther Bridgette	Deb	Tom rides the wild flamingo	Our fearless leader, Scot, checks his list with the flashlight
Scot	Ed	Deb	Renee	Dan	???
Ken	Ken and Deb	Steve and Ken	Ken and Deb	Deb and Ken watch the raft trip videos	Joe
Joe					Joe

As we all get older, there are bound to be more kids at the raft trip. Of course, some times it's hard to tell kids that are chronically-challenged, from those of us that are just having fun. But that is what makes the raft trip fun.

Dan and Charlotte	Jackson and Dan	Jackson and Dan	Tom and Brigette	Teresa and her daughter	Charlotte and Holly (with her eyes closed)
Dan and Anne (Yoshi)	Anne, Dana, Greg, Mathew, Patrick	Tammi, Jackson, and Dan	Sue, Jackson, and Greg	Charlotte	And Queen for the day, Brigette
Tammi entertaining the kids					Tammi again

People return from all over the country for the raft trip, and beer is one way to share a bit of home with our friends. Of course, the big breweries are everywhere, so what's the point of bringing their beer. (Besides, it doesn't taste as good.) Instead, beer from microbreweries and even home brew have become a central part of the raft trip.

The 1993 raft trip was significant for being the first year that beer was brewed at the campsite. Ed brought the fixings and brewed a special one-week ale for the crowd.

Ed proved that you can brew beer almost anywhere, by bringing his equipment to the campground and brewing five gallons of homebrew for consumption the evening before the raft trip. Heat was provided by a hickory wood fire. He then cooled everything off and fermented the beer (on ice, to keep it cool in the July heat) for five days.

Homebrewers in attendance at the 1993 raft trip. From left to right the paddlers are: Jeff, Scott, Greg, Don, Jeff, Paul, Eileen, Jeff, Ed, Bob, Karen, Mark, Sue and Paul	Ed adds malt extract to the boiling water in the brew kettle	.. and then mixes it all up!	A view inside the boiling brew pot.	The brew has to be frequently stirred by Ed to avoid boil overs.	The brew has to be frequently stirred by Ed to avoid boil overs.
Ed ferments the beer, on ice.	The proud brewer, Ed, poses with his equipment	Ed and Paul mix up the first raft trip brew.	Don helping to rack Ed's raft trip beer into the keg.	Don sampling the raft trip beer.	Ed, Sue and Kim
Ed checks the keg.		Ed enjoys the keg		Bob, Eileen,Don and Ed

The kids are asleep, the campfire is roaring, and the pants come down. It's a raft trip tradition. For better or worse, it's tradition. It goes something like this (shouted by the crowd):

• Stand Up!
• Turn Around!
• Bend Over!
• Thank You!

There are two organized campfires. The night before the trip down the river there are skits, the river virgin ceremony (sacrificing an old shoe to the river gods and inducting the new river virgins), the announcement of the raft assignments and a good time. The night after the raft trip is time to review the great rapids and water fights, more skits, and more good times.

This year Dr. Ed, newly graduated, starred with his first lecture:

 

Dr. Ed lecturing on: Flatulence: A Linguistic, Anthropological and Literary Overview	More Doctor Ed	And yet more Ed	Renee and Dr. Ed	Don makes a point (how does he hold those fingers?)	This year the women came prepared with their own song. The group consists of: Renee, Barb, Deb, Kim, Sue, Eileen, ????, Deb, Stacy
Rich (RSK) presents an award to Rick	Jeff and Deb exchange honors?	Sue	Paul, Sue, Kim and Deb	Paul, Sue and Renee