Sunday, July 22, 2007

Fairbanks – The Regatta

Fairbanks is a fun town, for tourists and for the locals. We’ve tried to cover both sides, so that we don’t miss anything important.

The ninth annual Red Green Regatta is one of the local’s events that’s fun for the tourists as well. For those of you not in the “know”, Red Green is a Canadian comedian with a show that appears on some PBS stations in the states. Red’s trade mark is duct tape, he uses it to fix everything. Therefore all rafts in the regatta had to incorporate duct tape in their construction.

These young ladies called themselves the Duct Tape Divas. I didn’t see where they needed any duct tape to hold themselves together, but their raft had plenty.

These folks were having a great time.












And these folks were trying to tame the Chena River’s version of the Lake Ness Monster. They were having quit a difficult time. The monster is big, long, and slow. The currents were not his friend and he was way behind everyone else. Well, everyone except two boys whose raft had disintegrated almost as it hit the water. They were bravely riding the pieces. I guess even duct tape can’t save you from poor design.

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