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The Event Report for The Great 2003 Mendocino BASK Trip, September, 2003
By: Dean McCully

Mendocino. Unforgettable. What more can I say. 3 days of paddling in the indescribable sea caves.

The waves were big suckers. 10+ foot rolling waves (no kidding: there were some big ones out there!) But we all survived with nary a casualty....

Paddling was awesome. The crew was awesome. The venue was awesome. Let's do it again!

I brought a full keg of beer. Unfortunately, the keg had been rolling around in the back of my van all the way up the fire roads on the long, scenic drive that I took to Mendo. I tapped the keg in the campground and, BLAM, the tap exploded and a gyser of beer soaked the inside of my van and bathed me in hoppy deliciousness. The ranger wasn't impressed when he came up to me to check my parking pass: I was literally soaked with beer.

Next year. Be there! It's quite the event!

Dean

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Diana walks.	Ann P with Bob in the background.	Snoozing for a, um, snoozing.
Val guards his hand-made beer.	Jesse mugs.	BASK. An Eating Club with a Paddling Affliction. Here we are in a Thai Restaurant in Mendocino.
More Thai Food!		Somebody's little kid. She was EVERYWHERE!
Joan in the dark.	Jugglers in camp. Quite the demonstration.	HOT FOOT!
Another hot foot.	Wow, this guy is GOOD!
	The Happy Couple.	More little girl.
Diana made SPECTACULAR fish!	Hi, Gail.	Heh, Cindy, where's the big dude?

Lisa O waves off the paparazi. OOPS, TOO LATE!
	Lisa blows my didgeridoo. In the dark. She's not bad for a beginner!
		The fire pit O Doom!
The kid. Again.
Howling at the moon? Or too much wine? You decide!	Hmmm, looks like too wine. Or too much starch in the underwear. Who knows.
Caught in the act. Of what, I won't say. Let's just say that there was strange shenanigans in camp that night and more than one sleeping bag was tied in a knot. Nuff said.	The Happy Couple.	Joan, where's the doggie?
Ann takes a crack at my didgeridoo.	This kid is SPOOKY! She's EVERYWHERE!	The procession. Dave L hypnotized us BASKers and forced us to do all sorts of perverse things. Like, take up torches and serenade newly engaged couples.... Of which there was one.
The Anonymous Official Club Alchemist.	The annual 2003 BASK Mendocino Camping Trip culminates in a Virgin Sacrifice. Unfortunately, in the past 20 years, BASK has been unable to actually FIND a virgin. Well, there's always next year!	The procession proceeded. Looked like something out of Children of the Corn....
The procession proceeds.		How come everybody has miner's lights on their heads?
Who's that ugly Bearded Dude? Heh, that's ME!	Heh, we might have found a VIRGIN!?!?	Nah, not a virgin. Never mind.
POTASSIUM MAN! This stuff is EXPLOSIVE when tossed into water.	The potassium goes nuts in the bay.	Snap, Crackle, POP!!!
VERY impressive in person.	Is that Maryly, tossing potassium into the ocean???	Check out the pyrotechnics. Awesome!
Rubber gloves are required to handle elemental potassium. Otherwise, well, you won't be able to ever pick your nose again....	This little kids is EVERYWHERE!
Um, Lisa?		Lisa.
Heh, that's a TURKEY behind the wheel of that van. LITERALLY! Some dude has a turkey living in his truck!	There it is: the Mendo Driving Turkey.	Nice van! For a TURKEY!