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2009 Extreme Outdoor Water Festival / Cardboard Boat Race at Milford Lake in Kansas

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Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

I think they took on ALL the water!!!  HAHAH!  I wonder if the water was cold?

Aug 17, 2011 06:21 PM
Paul Franciskato
Asset Brokering Services - Junction City, KS

Chris - I took this photo at the 2009 Float Your Boat Cardboard Boat Races at Kansas' Milford Lake.  It's an annual event that takes place one Saturday in August.  It's a lot of fun watching competitors put their cardboard boats in the water to paddle the course in hopes of completing it in the quickest time and without sinking!

The Annual Float Your Boat Cardboard Boat Races is part of a bigger event called Extreme Outdoor Water Festival and this year's event was scheduled for Saturday August 20, 2011.  Unfortunately, the entire event was cancelled due to a Blue Green Algae bloom at Milford Lake.  Hopefully next year the lake conditions and weather will be good so that it doesn't get cancelled again!

Aug 18, 2011 02:19 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Paul, now that is one of those "Oops!" shots!  I'm heading for Kansas next month for a class reunion!

Aug 18, 2011 04:37 PM
Lennar Minnesota
Lennar Corporation - Plymouth, MN

haha this seems like a competition not to miss. Sounds like a great time! Hopefully you had fun! Thanks for sharing.

Lennar Minnesota Loving It!

Aug 19, 2011 04:05 AM
Paul Franciskato
Asset Brokering Services - Junction City, KS

Patricia - It probably wasn't the greatest moment for that team of cardboard boat racers but they continued paddling their boat even while they were submerged!  They were determined not to give up.  Have fun at your class reunion in September!

Lennar Minnesota Loving It! - The Extreme Outdoor Water Festival and Float Your Boat Cardboard Boat Races are a lot of fun.  I'm hoping the event will not be cancelled in 2012 due to a Blue Green Algae Bloom or some other unexpected circumstance.

Aug 20, 2011 08:09 AM