Couple years ago two buddies on a two-week paddle sojourn down the Columbia-Willamette River system were transiting the Portland, OR, section near the Ross Island Bridge and got black-helicoptered and shunted to shore by the sheriff's dept marine patrol for two hours and told to stay put. Turned out that VP Cheney's motorcade was scheduled to cross the bridge and his protectors wanted a three- or four-hour window of __no__ boat traffic under the bridge. The buddies were eventually forgotten about and they wandered off. This same pair got fingered by the Canadian border guards on a trip north, pulled aside for half an hour, and asked such questions as "Have we ever told you never to come back?" and similar. This was pre-9/11. I think they attract this stuff. He has a beard and is huge. She is small, blonde, and very friendly. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 17 2004 - 07:30:58 PST
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