If you got it slash dotted, that would almost guarantee some response. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 7:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: $172 canoe ride > > 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...... > >
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