Ephemerisle scouting trip

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The Seasteading Institute (TSI) is organizing Ephemerisle this October (think “Burning Man on the water”). The festival will be held on the Sacramento delta, as it’s protected water and already hosts raucous houseboat parties. In preparation, TSI organized a scouting trip to find a good location, and invited me to come along. Here’s some of the pics.

On the houseboat!

This guy showed us how to operate the houseboat. Very enthusiastic! The Paradise Marina treated us well. Among other things, they gave us a ride in their rowboat when we made a wrong turn, and let us switch from a pontoon boat to a speed boat on the second day.

Liz organized the trip and fed us a delicious steak dinner.

Kevin at the wheel of the houseboat. Kevin has been vacationing at the delta for several years, and was invaluable in making sure that we didn’t kill ourselves.

James got the first crack at the speed boat.

Then me… What fun! Breaking over the wake of a passing boat is rather exciting.

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[evelynne.livejournal.com]

The expression on your face in the pic of you driving the boat is in direct contrast to your caption. :P

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I tend to have "serious business" expression on my face, even when I'm having fun.