Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
After the departure of the land parties, I embarked with six men on thursday, the 21st april, on board my newly made boat and began the descent of the river.
I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.
If you have a river, then you should share it with everyone.
Just as a drop of water in the ocean cannot avail much; but if a great river runneth into it, that maketh a great commotion.
We're loosely calling it The River Project, but hopefully the pieces that we put together will be educational pieces that will throw some light on the situation as to what kind of jeopardy may be surrounding our great rivers.
If I were king of the world there wouldn't be boat people, there would only be people coming in boats. I would mix us all up so that we were all exactly one shade of each other.
Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.
To connect with the great river we all need a path, but when you get down there there's only one river.
What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.
When you're on a boat, you're going to little islands and stuff. It's not a partying kind of thing.