Day 4: Rain on the way 350 members to go

Day 3 drew to a close last night and unfortunately my IPad access has dried up.  Well I guess a more appropriate thing to say is it became fully drenched.  On Thursday  evening after taking my friends Lisa and Charles back to the shore I heard a big splash.  That splash turned out to be Charles, bags in hand, fulling backwards into the river.  I haven't heard an update on the IPad's ability to handle a dip in the river, but needless to say it didn't make the trip out to the raft last night.   I am now writing a paper "blog" that my mom will then type in and send out  :)

So, we have reached the 150 mark,  Things are moving along at a good clip, could go a bit faster but 150 new members in 3 days is not too shabby  :)

We had our board meeting yesterday on the water.  Capt. Bradshaw with The Patriot was kind enough to give the board members and lift out to the raft.  I think they has a good time, but I did notice that none of them waned to sit next to me.  It's only been 4 days since my last real shower, I can't stick THAT bad.

I hear the traffic at First Friday yesterday was not exactly heavy, but more then 30 people signed up there alone.  The traffic of folks coming out to the raft has picked up.  I had the most beautiful 1937 wooden cruiser come by and visit yesterday.   I didn't get a picture (sorry) but it really was a work of art!  He came up to the raft and joined.   (Mom here: you do not have to go by boat to join, heck you do not even have to own a boat to join :)

The rowers have been in full force today.  They are such a dedicated bunch.  They have come by starting at about 5:30 am.  I think I'm gonna make my boys row when they are old enough the discipline is quite amazing.

Well, the rain just started gotta get my mom back to land before it really starts coming down, until later, from the river.

TB

Night 2 on the raft.

So... Day 2 has come to an end. The river was beautiful, but was not very kind today. The Weather man says it's going to be even less so over the next couple of days. They say it will start raining Saturday, storming on sunday. This is getting more interesting by the minute.

I just learned that our little campaign has garnered national attention. The USA today had an article in yesterday's states section and Shephard Smith talked about it on Fox news. The local media has been wonderful, but Our goal was just to have everyone know in the basin. Mary landers at the savannah morning news wrote a great piece today and the picture featured my oldest son Zeke fishing on his first vist to the dock.( I apologize for not including links to these news spots, truth be told I can't figure out how to copy a link from this iPad.) it's wonderful to see all of the attention, i hope the message of coming together as a basin is getting through. If nothing else comes out of this, I hope that all of the elected officials throughout the basin hear and take to heart the Message of a need for unity and cohesiveness in decisions made concerning the savannah and the 1.4 million people that drink out of the savannah daily.

So...back to the most important part, the weather. Mr. Allen built me a wind shelter this evening. It has made being in the "living room" portion of the raft much more bearable. They tell me we almost have broken the 100 member mark. That is a good number of members, but we need a bunch more. The weather is really supposed to head south starting tomorrow evening. So,PLEASE help spread the word, rally and help me beat the thunderstorms Sunday. And, if you havent joined yet, you can go to www.savannahriverkeeper/savannah500 and join today.
From the windy savannah, tb

Ps: come check out the raft at 8th street on the river walk in downtown Augusta. We will have volunteers set up at 8th and broad for first Friday, and at 8th and river walk from 10am-6pm every day, staying late Friday and Saturday. Hope you come and check it out.

First day on the raft

So the Savannah500 is in full swing, which means I am now officially stranded out in the middle of the river. For most of the day it was just my dog, Beaudroux, and me. The amenities aren't too bad, my bathroom (4x4 tent with boat toilet and solar shower) is nice enough. My bedroom, a 4 person tent is equipped with a blow up mattress and a dog bed. My kitchen is a easy up tent, cooler, grill and tupperware container, not an award winner, but it will work. :)
The weather was nice today, but I just learned a big storm is coming on Sunday. Sure hope I'm
Out of here by then!
They tell me about 50 people joined today. Not bad for the first day, was hoping for a bit more. I'm amazed at the amount of fisherman along the river walk. It's great to see so many people using the waterways, especially on weekday.
Night has fallen, and I would be lying if I said it was still warm out here. My good friends Lisa and Charles are here hanging out, and we have all pulled out the blankets.

If you haven't joined yet, could you please! They aren't letting me off till 500 people join. You can visit www.savannnahriverkeeper.org/savannah500 to sign up. Talk to ya tomorrow.