Group Shot	Karen Boebinger	Don Wegeng	Eileen Gelblat	Stacy Bucherl	Greg Boebinger
Rick Kulawiec spent a lot of time showing off his chest,in camp	and later while eating lunch (Jeff Mizener, Steve Higgins, and Stacy Bucherl are watching)	Paul Carlile	Sue Strang	Kim Strang	Kim Strang as a Sheik
Paul and Sue	Sue and Kim	Tom Tengdin and his daugther Bridgette	Deb Stakes	Tom rides the wild flamingo	Our fearless leader, Scot Aurenz, checks his list with the flashlight
Scot Aurenz	Ed Bronson	Deb Smith	Renee Gelblat	Dan Osborn	???
Ken Long	Ken Long and Deb Herman	Steve Higgins and Ken Long	Ken Long and Deb Herman	Deb and Ken watch the raft trip videos	Joe Cychosz
Joe Plishkin					Joe Cychosz

As we all get older, there are bound to be more kids at the raft trip. Of course, some times it's hard to tell kids that are chronically-challenged, from those of us that are just having fun. But that is what makes the raft trip fun.

Dan Osborn and Charlotte Brunner	Jackson and Dan Brunner	Jackson and Dan Brunner	Tom and Brigette Tengdin	Teresa Barnette and her daughter	Charlotte Brunner and Holly (with her eyes closed)
Dan and Anne (Yoshi) Osborn	Anne Osborn, Dana Boebinger, Greg Boebinger, Mathew Boebinger, Patrick Boebinger	Tammi Osborn, Jackson Brunner, and Dan Brunner	Sue Strang, Jackson Brunner, and Greg Boebinger	Charlotte Brunner	And Queen for the day, Brigette Tengdin
Tammi Osborn entertaining the kids					Tammi again

People return from all over the country for the raft trip, and beer is one way to share a bit of home with our friends. Of course, the big breweries are everywhere, so what's the point of bringing their beer. (Besides, it doesn't taste as good.) Instead, beer from microbreweries and even home brew have become a central part of the raft trip.

The 1993 raft trip was significant for being the first year that beer was brewed at the campsite. Ed Bronson brought the fixings and brewed a special one-week ale for the crowd.

Ed Bronson proved that you can brew beer almost anywhere, by bringing his equipment to the campground and brewing five gallons of homebrew for consumption the evening before the raft trip. Heat was provided by a hickory wood fire. He then cooled everything off and fermented the beer (on ice, to keep it cool in the July heat) for five days.

Homebrewers in attendance at the 1993 raft trip. From left to right the paddlers are: Jeff Treece, Scott Tracer, Greg Treece, Don Wegeng, Jeff Mizener, Paul Christen, Eileen Gelblat, Jeff Schwab, Ed Bronson, Bob Safranek, Karen Russell, Mark Guetersloh, Sue Strang and Paul Carlile	Ed Bronson adds malt extract to the boiling water in the brew kettle	.. and then mixes it all up!	A view inside the boiling brew pot.	The brew has to be frequently stirred by Ed Bronson to avoid boil overs.	The brew has to be frequently stirred by Ed Bronson to avoid boil overs.
Ed ferments the beer, on ice.	The proud brewer, Ed Bronson, poses with his equipment	Ed Bronson and Paul Carlile mix up the first raft trip brew.	Don Wegeng helping to rack Ed's raft trip beer into the keg.	Don Wegeng sampling the raft trip beer.	Ed Bronson, Sue Strang and Kim Strang
Ed Bronson checks the keg.		Ed Bronson enjoys the keg		Bob Safranek, Eileen Gelblat,Don Wegeng and Ed Bronson

The kids are asleep, the campfire is roaring, and the pants come down. It's a raft trip tradition. For better or worse, it's tradition. It goes something like this (shouted by the crowd):

• Stand Up!
• Turn Around!
• Bend Over!
• Thank You!

There are two organized campfires. The night before the trip down the river there are skits, the river virgin ceremony (sacrificing an old shoe to the river gods and inducting the new river virgins), the announcement of the raft assignments and a good time. The night after the raft trip is time to review the great rapids and water fights, more skits, and more good times.

This year Dr. Ed Bronson, newly graduated, starred with his first lecture:

 

Dr. Ed Bronson lecturing on: Flatulence: A Linguistic, Anthropological and Literary Overview	More Doctor Ed	And yet more Ed	Renee Gelblat and Dr. Ed Bronson	Don Wegeng makes a point (how does he hold those fingers?)	This year the women came prepared with their own song. The group consists of: Renee Gelblat, Barb Russell, Deb Stakes, Kim Strang, Sue Strang, Eileen Gelblat, ????, Deb Smith, Stacy Bucherl
Rich Kulawiec (RSK) presents an award to Rick Boebinger	Jeff Mizener and Deb Smith exchange honors?	Sue Strang	Paul Carlile, Sue Strang, Kim Strang and Deb Smith	Paul Carlile, Sue Strang and Renee Gelblat