Project Best Idea Ever – 4th of July Rafting

The Best Projects Ever group did a great job of organizing the event. Directions and info was emailed out in advanced. We gathered at Dana Park for check in where we picked up our safety vests, snacks, flags, hats then marched out to the water. This is about a mile and I think the group could meet closer to the watering launch site in the future but overall it was fun to see the whole crew of us marching down the street.
Once at the water dock we picked up our rafts and pumped them up. There were not enough pumps for everyone right off but eventually they were all full. I had a small portable one I could have brought but it would have been one more thing to carry. We got sandwich zip locks for our personal items. We brought gallon zip locks to put our cell phone and keys in. We didn’t flip but it is good to have since I know people who have lost their car keys and camera before.
The rafts we got fit us but it does get tight making it hard to switch or move positions. Be comfy with your partner or at least know you are going to be.
They serve chili and hot dogs but we missed that since we floated up ahead. We docked along the side and I got some food from the vendors and brought it back to our raft along with a potty break.
Some did bring coolers and drank but you are out on the raft for quite a while so either dock and stop or be creative.
The fireworks don’t start until 10:30 so we were out floating around for quite a while which was relaxing. There were many canoe and kayaks around right up at the front. The fireworks were awesome. This was one of the best places to be. The air was much cooler than being up on land with a zillion people.
We paddled down and took our time as people moved along. We docked, deflated our raft, packed up our stuff and headed down the road. This was the fastest and easiest and best way to see the Fireworks!
We are keeping our stuff so we can do this again! Yes, Best Project Idea!