Really? You can't have open containers there? In Wisconsin, you can boat with open containers. But, you can get a OWI if you're drunk. Weird.
On 7/10/06, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $172 canoe ride > > so the wife and i drive an hour out of town to meet up with some > friends to go on a canoe ride. > Mad River is the only spring fed stream in ohio, so that make it > crystal clear, clean & very swimable. > > we get to the livery around noon. > we get 3 canoes at 22 apiece & 2 kayaks at around 15. > > > so we proceed to load up the van & head out to the drop off. > as we are driving through the country side i notice 3 sheriff's going > under a bridge. > i ask the driver whats up with that. > > he isn't sure so we dismiss it. > > so we load the coolers into the canoes & begin our very pleasant float. > after about 3 hours we see a couple minks! very cool, never seen them > live in the wild, like black ferrets, but bigger.. playing along the > bank. > buddy sees a turtle & there so many trout, i kinda wish i fished. > > any way, we noticed a few fisher men along the way. > see several other groups, every one generally having fun, taking there > time, swimming & drinking little. > > so we come to a bridge where we see 5 ODNR officers. > they are handing out tickets to the group in front of us. > some girl is crying, as an officer is going through her boy friends > cigarette pack.. > > they tell us to pull over. > behind me i hear my buddy say oh, crap, as he dunks his canoe. > > they ask if we have our life vests. sure do. then they ask if we have > had any alcoholic beverages. a few say no. I said i had 2! > > that's when the tickets come out. > > 150.00 for open container in public. > > a buddy gets lippy, they ask if he wants a dui & a talk with the sherrif. > > my other buddy the Lawyer, is getting racked for dumping his canoe, > they think he was disposing of evidence. > > Just sucks! > i asked them why they were not at the livery WARNING people to leave > beer in there cars.. > > latter the guy at the livery said they only do that once a year. > that's when we see the odnr guy again. another 175 buck ticket for the > lawyer who tanked his boat. > > so he has 325 worth of tickets > i have 150, another buddy 150... > > i am still pissed off, and am thinking if i should write a complaint. > grrr...... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:210896 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
