St. Johns River Ruckus 2020

Its spreading quick i meant !

I canceled reservations
It's a sad day.....

Called twice left message no call back?

I too had to play phone tag with Parramores and Kinsey did call me back promptly. She said all who paid should have been refunded their money or if you haven't it should be there by today. I checked my account and it was there. I did mention to her that Folks still wanted to have a Ruckus on the River so we may postpone it to Sept or Oct and she said Oct has superb weather so we may do that. You can bet your sweet Bippy that it WON'T be GA/FLA weekend. She also said that if we did move it to October that they would still give us a 10% discount. Hopefully this Corona V thing will run it's course and instead of beginning the ski seson on the river.......we'll end it on the river.

Be safe you guys and keep your social distancing at 28' off or at 100'. At least Gas prices are low to help ease the pain. See ya on the water.

Think we could get on-board with an October event

I’d HONESTLY avoid Astor all together. The naitives are literally hunting with pitchforks for outsiders to burn at the stake. They think boats caused Coronavirus. I used to follow “Astor word of Mouth” on FB and had to delete the group because they were the most ridiculous over all this.

Orlando76 wrote: I used to follow “Astor word of Mouth” on FB and had to delete the group because they were the most ridiculous over all this.

Nuh uh, my neighborhood is the worst. Mulitple daily warnings on a neighborhood FB page, on how to behave, since obviously we dont hear and see enough of that on TV and every news website. And constant posts about people violating protocols. One of them cracked me up. One lady was griping about people gathering at the beach to which another woman questioned, well how would you know this if you werent one of them? touche. Last weekend there was about a 50 post thread about some old coot in our neighborhood, who has declared himself enforcer of all rules, regulations, policies and his ideas of how to do things, yelling at some kids for fishing (standing to close maybe?) and taking pictures and getting all unglued about it. Its been crazytown here.

Y'all should come to TN. Stuff like C-19, tornado's just bring the good out in people. Some people hoarded TP but others were quick to offer you an extra roll. - that is about as ugly as it has gotten.

Now, we do not have spring fed glens and no mangroves, but we have nice people.

rebel skier wrote: Wait a minute. I must have been drinking to write that. You really really do not want to move to TN. Horrible place (unless you have a ski nautique then c'mon).

Unfortunately my experiences in TN are rough. I like Gatlinburg, we try to take our boys there every other year but that’s obviously a tourist trap. But I’ve spent some time in Allardt/Jamestown Big Fork area. The side I saw was if you combine that documentary “The Whites of West Virginia” then toss that with some of the scenes from “Ozark” with the poppy fields.

One time I was driving on possibly rt 28, or some two lane road in the valley of two mountains just coming back from KY heading to Allardt and there was tornado on the mountain side, probably 100 yards from us. Looked like a scene from twister. We had no where to go and I figured as long as I could see the tornado that was better than being in a tornado, so I kept driving that really sweet new 454 dually. Meh I was dumb 19 yo kid. Only time I ever seen a tornado

Closing these areas of the forest will help to protect staff, the communities we serve, and the resources we all love. As written, the Forest Order is effective until August 1, 2020 or until terminated by an authorized Forest Service official, whichever occurs first. The closure can be rescinded sooner if conditions improve – as we all hope they do.

Below are some of the key points related to Silver Glen Springs Run:
The USFS is not the lead agency on the Silver Glen Run closure.
They are a partner in cooperative law enforcement strategies in support of FWC and Lake County efforts at meeting FWC EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 20-08.
The governor declared all waters of the state to be a boating-restricted area and interpreted "other navigational hazards" within Section 327.46, F.S., for purposes of this order, to include behavior that may result in mass gatherings or congregations of people susceptible to the spread of COVID-19.
The waterway is deemed as serving as an attractive nuisance.
The USFS has closed the recreation area surrounding the spring and also is providing a buoy line to assist law enforcement partners because ongoing concentrations of boaters were exceeding the capacity of our partners to patrol and enforce the minimum distancing stipulations and was competing with higher priority needs such as boaters in distress.

I’m in for October the weather is usually excellent thanks Dave

I would try to make this one. Weather much nicer that time of year than in March. Will be following thread also.

You guys realize Corona is supposed to flare back up in October right due to upcoming election? They said it will be a problem then so you know they’ll make it a problem. I think to avoid a repeat cancellation I’d shoot for September. Either month is likely to give you best Ruckus weather yet. I don’t know what the water level concerns are, in my 37 years on the river it’s never been low.

Im not non believer. But I do believe media can’t let a good disaster go to waste. Back to statement I’d avoid October just as a hunch. Put the popcorn away guys and carry on.

I’ll stir some more- Hurricanes never happen in September said no one ever....