The basic details for my April Fools Trip are provided down below. Please be aware that I have made some Changes in the Meeting Times & Early Locations. Please read them carefully and note the Changes.
Also, please read the portion entitled
"Last Minute Update".
"Muskrat's 46th Annual April Fools
On Big Pine Creek Cruise"
will be held Sunday April 2nd 2023
~~~April Fools A Day Late~~~
Meeting time is 10:00-AM (Eastern Standard Time)
at our Traditional Meeting Location,
in Downtown Pine Village (Directions Below).
Please, Don't go to A Launch Site !!!
Go to Pine Village !!!
The Putin will not be Announced until we meet
in Pine Village. There are several possibilities,
with the selection based on Water Levels.
Rocky Ford Rapid at 2-ft on the Chuck Weis Gauge
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Directions to Pine Village:
Muskrat has decided to eliminate the two Early Meeting Locations this year. Like all of our other Normal Trips, we will just have the one Meeting Location, which is in Downtown Pine Village, Indiana....
Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer Page 30-31, in the Town of Pine Village, at the junction of SR-26 & SR-55, 17-miles west of West Lafayette, or 12-miles North of Attica.
Downtown Pine Village.......
Park anywhere Downtown.
Expect to see Paddler-People
wandering around in the middle of the highway.
The Locals just ignore Us.
They know we're Harmless,
and that we'll soon be Gone.
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If you're interested in attending this Cruise, but have concerns about your abilities or equipment (Stream conditions??, type of Boat?? spray skirts?? helmets?? float bags??), please feel free to contact me. Muskrat's complete contact info is available at the end of this trip announcement.
Also, please read the description of my Last Minute Update
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LAST MINUTE UPDATES:
Each year I make a Scouting Run thru the Big Pine Valley on the Day Before my April Fools Cruise. I check the Water level (on the Chuck Weis Gauge in Rainsville) immediately upon arrival. Then I visit all possible Put-ins and Takeouts, visit with the Landowners at each location, dropping off a copy of this Newsletter if no one is home. When I'm ready to leave, I check the Water level again and note any changes.
My plan for that day includes being home no later than 6PM, so I can prepare my email "Last Minute Update" which I Promise to have available to my Expedition Team Members no later than 7PM. For everyone else, I will be sitting next to both phones all evening, beginning at 7PM. Feel free to call me any time after 7PM to see about the Water level and the expected Level of Difficulty.
The Launch Site, however,
will not be announced
until we meet in Pine Village,
On April Fools Day.
The Rainsville Bridge April Fools 2012
"This was to be the 12th Year that this Trip has actually
been scheduled for April Fools Day, April 1st".
1978...1979...1984...1989
1990...1995...2000...2001
2006...2007...2017...2023
Muskrat's Rule is that this Trip will be scheduled on the
First Weekend Day of April
that is not a part of the Easter Holiday Weekend.
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See You On The River,
Muskrat
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GarryHill@aol.com
765-432-6782
Snail-Mail to 1021 Eastcrest Drive, Greentown, IN 46936-1612
