Do They Deliver?

While thinking about my old friends from high school I was wondering about trying to get together with them and what sort of venue would work for that.  Obviously, meeting at someone's house for a weekend would not work.  We would not have enough Style Council albums...  Or even getting together at a beach house for a weekend with our families would not be suitable.  What would be fun for all of us?

How about a camping trip?  Four guys getting together and having an adventure.  Now that could be fun.  Could be.  Let me think.  

What if we got a couple canoes and headed down a river?  We used to head down the Colorado River together a couple times when we were young in the really flat area around Blythe.  That could work. We could pack up our 5 Gallon buckets.  We could camp along the way.  Hopefully, Jacob is not spraying people with bug spray from the rooftops.

What if we went to a new spot?  Somewhere maybe in the south like Tennessee? Or West Virginia?  Or Georgia?  If we could find one where they are damming up a river, that could be really challenging...  


We would anticipate just a little fun on a totally unknown river with possibly massive rapids that would crush an aluminum canoe into two.  But it would have to be canoes.  We couldn't take a nice blow up style raft or anything...

One of the guys in our group is a musician.  He could bring his guitar and that would provide some entertainment.  Maybe do some jamming with some of the local folk down there.  Aren't they big on banjos around those parts?  I could be stereotyping.  Of course I am.

We have another guy who is an outdoorsman.  A good common sense type guy who can hold his own with some of the wildlife.  He could bring his bow and arrows.  We would feel pretty safe around him as long as he stayed healthy.  I am counting on this guy staying in his canoe, not getting tossed against the rocks and having a bone sticking out of his leg for the remainder of the trip while he lays unconscious.

We also have a fairly normal guy who everyone likes and gets along with.  He is tough.  If you push him to the limit he will fight back.  If someone was up on the cliff shooting down on us, he could climb out of the canyon and take him out.  This is all hypothetical of course.  

But then there is Bobby.  And I am the only one left.  I don't want to be Bobby!  Maybe this is not such a good idea...