

| Subject: | Re: For you paddlers--a petition |
| From: | Scott Daniel - Turbovans |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:54:12 -0700 |
where is 'here' ? please. I'm in Southern Oregon. People run the Rogue and the John Day, for example, in Oregon. On 9/14/2012 11:33 PM, OlRivrRat wrote: > Seems like the vast majority of us are stuck somewhere in > between the > Nutsos > > & the RobberBarrons ~ but I guess they are really Nutsos also ~ OK > were surrounded > > ~ HELP ~ Circle the Vanagons ~ > > Whew, Friday is over so we can go back to life as usual for a > week. > > ORR ~ DeanB > > > On 14 Sep , 2012, at 11:16 PM, JRodgers wrote: > >> Boy, Robert, that had to be nerve wracking. Glad it turned out OK. >> We/ve >> got nutso's here too. >> >> John >> >> On 9/14/2012 11:36 PM, Robert Keezer wrote: >>> OK- it's my turn to add my true story from years ago about river >>> access back when I had a splittie.. >>> I met the Deliverance local! >>> >>> I launched a canoe in a slough and when I returned a day later, my >>> 1964 VW bus was chained to a high voltage utility pole. >>> There was a note on my windshield telling me to go to the farmhouse >>> up the road to get the vehicle unchained. I unchained it myself >>> seeing it was just bolted together . >>> I left the chain on the ground, drove up under the one car railroad >>> bridge and stopped in front of the farmhouse. A farmer was in the >>> front yard mowing his lawn. I never should have stopped. He was >>> wearing a gun holster. >>> He looked over at me, drew his gun, and demanded to know what I was >>> doing on his property. My map showed the area is a wildlife refuge, >>> so I stood my ground and told him I was canoeing and never sit foot >>> on his land. >>> He demanded his chain , and aiming his pistol at me, he demanded I >>> get his chain. >>> So sped down the hill, got the chain , and when I got back to the >>> bridge, he was blocking it with a pick-up truck. >>> he was standing next to it, and pacing back and forth across the >>> entrance, he said "Were going to do this my way" .after I asked him >>> to call the police. At this point I think I heard banjos.. >>> Next, I said , I'm leaving! and I turned the bus around, and drove >>> it to the dead end where the freeway is. I ran up the bank and >>> there just happened to be a State Patrol parked nearby, who gave me >>> a ride to town. He said he could do anything about it, the it was >>> out of jurisdiction. >>> By midnite the county sheriff arrived , 5 hours after I called, and >>> found that there was a tractor blocking the road under the bridge >>> instead of the truck. They arrested the farmer and made him move >>> the tractor. >>> >>> I drove out of there and never went back to that slough don't know >>> what they did, if anything, to the farmer. >>> >>> Robert >>> 1982 Westfalia. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I hear dualing banjo's somewhere in the background..... >>> >>> Thanks, Tom Hargrave >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> - >>> >
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