Slick
09-22-2003, 07:48 AM
I've been on this board for a few years now and met some great people. However, I've been going to the river alot longer, 17 years total. We haven't been to the river a whole lot lately as my tribe has grown by two in the last two and a half years.
I have to say that if you've been to the river endlessly thoughout the years, you develop a real kinship with your neighbors as well as the person you never talk to, but always seam to pass them going the opposite direction with a friendly wave.
The Parker Strip really is a small place, 16 some-odd miles long, give or take. When an accident happens, like over the last weekend, it truely seems to affect everyone on the water or anyone who frequents the river wetherornot they new that person. It's kind of like being on a racing circuit or public serviceman, such as police and fire. Bad news travel fast in small circles and you always feel a certain sense of emptiness upon learning about an accident.
I could have posted on one of the other forums with my condolences, simpathies and prayers, but I've just got to do things differently.
I guess this is my way of paying homage to a fellow boater and to anyone who has to go through this.
Slick
I have to say that if you've been to the river endlessly thoughout the years, you develop a real kinship with your neighbors as well as the person you never talk to, but always seam to pass them going the opposite direction with a friendly wave.
The Parker Strip really is a small place, 16 some-odd miles long, give or take. When an accident happens, like over the last weekend, it truely seems to affect everyone on the water or anyone who frequents the river wetherornot they new that person. It's kind of like being on a racing circuit or public serviceman, such as police and fire. Bad news travel fast in small circles and you always feel a certain sense of emptiness upon learning about an accident.
I could have posted on one of the other forums with my condolences, simpathies and prayers, but I've just got to do things differently.
I guess this is my way of paying homage to a fellow boater and to anyone who has to go through this.
Slick