Row for the River – the famous blow-up truck and Prop. 17

Row for the River was a week-long demonstration to support Proposition 17, the initiative to protect the Stanislaus River. It was a 200 mile run by a small group of kayakers from Camp Nine down the river to the San Joaquin, then up and out the Delta to San Francisco Bay. It culminated on Saturday, September 21, when the small team was joined by over 100 rafters, kayakers (and even one then-rare windsurfer), with motor yacht escort, made the final connection to Aquatic Park in San Francisco, with much media fanfare. This blow-up, military surplus decoy truck (loaned by John Vail) was prominent, towed on a raft.  Photo, above, taken at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon that hosted the camping kayakers and last launch of Row for the River.