Rio Grande raft race makes comeback in ABQ

IT S REVIVAL TIME FOR A ONCE- POPULAR ALBUQUERQUE EVENT THAT FADED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO - THE GREAT RIO GRANDE RAFT RACE STUART DYSON IS LIVE ALONG THE RIVER WITH HOW THE RACE IS COMING BACK TO LIFE THE ADOBE SUBMARINE - THE BIG BAD BARBARIC BURRITO BOAT - THE TACO TITANIC - THE NAUTICAL MONSTROSITIES WILL ALL RIDE AGAIN NEXT MONTH AS THE CITY BRINGS BACK THE RAFT RACE OUT Q YOU GET A FREE TEE SHIRT IN ITS HEYDAY THE GREAT RACE DREW HUNDREDS OF INEPT SAILORS AND NITWITTED NAUTICAL DESIGNERS TO FLAIL AROUND JOYFULLY IN THE MUDDY WATERS OF THE RIO HUNDREDS MORE LINED THE SHORES - CHEERING LIKE MAD - ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH NO HOPE OF WINNING - IT WAS ALWAYS MORE ABOUT FUN THAN COMPETITION Usually if we make it down to the raft - make it down to the end of the raft - the river - with the raft intact - we re happy Well my navigator here - she was spinning in circles all the way down First place - I m gonna kick some butt THE RACE GOT CANCELLED IN THE DROUGHT YEAR OF 95 AND SOMEHOW NEVER CAME BACK - UNTIL A CERTAIN FORMER COMPETITOR - WITH THE RIGHT JOB - DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO BRING IT BACK Well I ve done it before and it s just a hoot - it s just tons of fun - and we ve got the waterflow this year which we haven t had for more than a decade SO IT S ON - SATURDAY JUNE SEVENTH - KOB COM HAS THE LINK FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION - WHICH IS FIVE BUCKS - AND YOU GET A TEE SHIRT ONE MAJOR CHANGE - THE RACE USED TO BE SOMEWHAT OF AN ALCOHOL-FUELED EVENT - THAT S A NO-NO NOW ALONG THE RIVER STUART DYSON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR