I was reading in the N&O this AM about a scheduled homemade boat race on the Neuse River! The boats are all made of cardboard ! Brings to mind the Neuse River Derby me and my roommate participated in when we were freshman in Tucker Dorm (‘69). Our boat was three truck tire tubes with a plywood board strapped to it (a cooler of beer was also on board) 
! If your boat made it to the end of the race 5 miles or so the last 25 yards was thru heavy rapids that dumped into a reservoir at a hwy 70 bridge ! Many a brave vessel and crew met their ominous fate at that point ! (Rumor had it that he event was cancelled because the debris from all the destroyed participants in the flotilla added to the already heavy pollution the Neuse was suffering from )
! If your boat made it to the end of the race 5 miles or so the last 25 yards was thru heavy rapids that dumped into a reservoir at a hwy 70 bridge ! Many a brave vessel and crew met their ominous fate at that point ! (Rumor had it that he event was cancelled because the debris from all the destroyed participants in the flotilla added to the already heavy pollution the Neuse was suffering from )
