It was the Summer of Princess Diana’s wedding, Sandra Day O’Connor’s nomination to sit on the Supreme Court, “Bette Davis Eyes” and “Jessie’s Girl.” I met up with some college friends just outside Kansas City to build a 16’x24′ raft in a public park from assorted lumber, a telephone pole and twenty-four 55-gallon oil drums. Two weeks later, we launched the “Eulenspiegel,” and raft and crew of eight floated roughly 1,500 miles down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Two months later, we arrived in New Orleans.
Tom & Cleg Wrangling Plywood for the Deck
