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Well everyone, I am sitting here at 4:30pm on Sunday and am still hungover from last night, so bear with me. Some of you saw my post/pics of last year's river party (www.garysnextparty.com) and yesterday was this year's event. Unfortunately, this is only a tiny sample of the fun we had. These pics were taken from my boat and I did not want to carry it with me as there is a strong likelyhood of falling into the water while drunk and stepping from swim platform to swim platform while "cruising". But let me tell you, I WISH I had it to show you all what was going on inside that boat. :( Also, the party was smaller this year, but much wilder. The beads were actually earned this year. And yes, even my wife and her friend earned theirs. No pics of this though, sorry.

 

Go there about 4:00pm and left about midnight, right after the fireworks display right over our heads. Spent fireworks debris was landing on us. :lol:

 

The worst part was getting back to the landing. I have only night-boated a couple of times and never before on a river. Didn't think that one through, we weren't planning on staying that late, but you know how that goes. :D Well, my boat does not have a searchlight on it and I had to go about 20 miles downriver from Hudson, Wi to Hastings, MN to get to my landing. This meant navigating through several no-wake zones, sand bars marked with red and green buoys (channel markers), etc in the complete blackness of night, no moon last night!!! The buoys were imposible to see. So, I went about 3 MPH until I finally got behind a big boat with a searchlight and followed him. It was 1:00am and were all drunk/tired. It was not the highlight of the night. :P

 

Anyway, enjoy the pics. Like I said, this is only a tiny sample and I wish I had more/better ones. It was a BLAST!!!

 

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VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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I will be watching his website and will follow up with more links to his pics and videos of this party. I am sure they will be far better than the ones I took. Though he does not post the topless ones on his website. And yes, he did get a shot of my wife earning her beads. :( But that will not be posted, by me or anyone else. Sorry, divorce is too expensive. :lol:

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Sounds like it was a blast. Nice pics! :D

 

The worst part was getting back to the landing. I have only night-boated a couple of times and never before on a river. Didn't think that one through, we weren't planning on staying that late, but you know how that goes. :( Well, my boat does not have a searchlight on it and I had to go about 20 miles downriver from Hudson, Wi to Hastings, MN to get to my landing. This meant navigating through several no-wake zones, sand bars marked with red and green buoys (channel markers), etc in the complete blackness of night, no moon last night!!! The buoys were imposible to see. So, I went about 3 MPH until I finally got behind a big boat with a searchlight and followed him. It was 1:00am and were all drunk/tired. It was not the highlight of the night. :lol:

 

It sucks wasting a good buzz when you have to concentrate so much!

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You are looking entirely the wrong direction! :(

 

Looks like a good time.

 

 

 

Not true, there was plenty of scenery in every direction. :lol:

 

Now, on a more somber note, while heading north from Hastings to Hudson yesterday on the way to the party, we saw at least a dozen police/sheriffs/DNR patrol boats slowing everyone down in a non-no wake zone which I thought was odd. Just got done watching the news and it turns out there was a search being conducted for a drowning victim. Her body was found today about noon. She was swimming in the river from a beach a few miles south of Hudson and the current/wind dragged out and she drowned and her 2 daughters had to be rescued and nearly drowned also. Kinda eery to think she was down there both on the way to and also on the way home last night.

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You are looking entirely the wrong direction! :(

 

Looks like a good time.

 

 

BTW Daddy, that chick in the orange top and black bikini bottoms was HOT and she "stole" a set of my beads. :lol:

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I will be watching his website and will follow up with more links to his pics and videos of this party. I am sure they will be far better than the ones I took. Though he does not post the topless ones on his website. And yes, he did get a shot of my wife earning her beads. :( But that will not be posted, by me or anyone else. Sorry, divorce is too expensive. :lol:

 

Yep, love is grand but divorce is $100+ grand. Any closer photos of the chick in orange and black? Wow, I'd would sure love to butter those muffins! Now, how did she manage to steal one of your beads, Jeff? Beer and babes are a great combo on a holiday weekend. :D

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Yep, love is grand but divorce is $100+ grand. Any closer photos of the chick in orange and black? Wow, I'd would sure love to butter those muffins! Now, how did she manage to steal one of your beads, Jeff? Beer and babes are a great combo on a holiday weekend. :(

 

She "earned" them. :lol:

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Yep, love is grand but divorce is $100+ grand. Any closer photos of the chick in orange and black? Wow, I'd would sure love to butter those muffins! Now, how did she manage to steal one of your beads, Jeff? Beer and babes are a great combo on a holiday weekend. :lol:

 

She "earned" them. :D

 

Hard workin' gals like that makes me proud to be an American! :(

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Yep, love is grand but divorce is $100+ grand. Any closer photos of the chick in orange and black? Wow, I'd would sure love to butter those muffins! Now, how did she manage to steal one of your beads, Jeff? Beer and babes are a great combo on a holiday weekend. :D

 

She "earned" them. :P

 

Hard workin' gals like that makes me proud to be an American! :lol:

 

 

Rest assured, when Gary gets his site updated with pics/videos, there WILL be plenty more of her. She was one of the top 5 there and she was a "Girl's Gone Wild" candidate. :(

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WOW

 

Nothing at all to give you a hard time over there. As you know I love the lakes and scenery. Looks like you had yourself a dandy good time! :(

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So many photoshop ideas...so little time.

 

word. I'll MAKE time next week though. :lol:

 

great pics Jeff. looks like you guys had a great time. :lol:

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