what's a livery? I don't think a complaint to ODNR will get far. The local Chamber of Commerce is a better bet. Put up a nice website about this experience ;) Get it to come up in Google ;)Or you could try a polite phone to ODNR to the effect that you were new to the area and had no idea, and this is totally ruining your impression of the place. I wouldn't hold my breath though.
>$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:210912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
