Birthday party                                                              Picture taken on our way to  
                                                                                                                                                      F.O.R. Breakfast in March     

Our current involvement with F.O.R. includes Brian participating on the environmental committee (Cindy facilitating by watching the kids) and attending as many functions as we can squeeze in.  Our hopes are that our organization continues to grow with a shared mutual purpose to secure this beautiful lifestyle for both us river folk and the birds and fish that we share it with.   

Now one of our favorite river stories involves the mannequin on the dock of our first house.  It all started with some friends and family deciding I needed a steady girlfriend (before Cindy graced my life) and mounted “Molly” (the mannequin) in a bikini by the hoist.  After a couple of years the bathing suit started to be a little thin and some of our neighbors on the river dropped off a new bikini in a bag with the note “this is a family river and she needs a new suit”.  The bag with new bikinis continued annually for several years until one day we went out to dock and all we had left of Molly was a steel rod and a chunk of butt cheek.  We’ll take this opportunity to say thank you to our mysterious bikini benefactor.  Also if anyone knows of Molly’s whereabouts we would love to hear how she is doing in her new home