River Rafting Bonanza

Last Wednesday we went river rafting with a group of people from my work.  It was organized through the outdoor program at elemndorf air force base.  We rafted down Eagle River a ways and then the trip ended on Fort Richardson, where a bus was supposed to pick us up and drop us back off with our stuff at the elmendorf.  But, when we got there there was no bus in sight.  Apparently they were doing some sort of maneuver so all of the gates to the base were closed off.  We waited and waited.  And finally after getting tired of standing there wet and cold, someone called the base operator on a phone that was on the side of the road.  She told her that we were cold and if someone didn't come and get us we would run the risk of getting hypothermia.  Another twenty minutes or so two police cars, an ambulence, a fire truck and the batalian truck all came.  Apparently the switch board lady told them that there was a little kid wondering around with hypothermia.  So they called a cease fire (it turned out they were using live amunition just two kilometers away).  It ended up being a good thing that this little misunderstanding occured, because it allowed them to open up the gate for us and we were able to leave.  It turned out being a long day.  We left right after work to go rafting, and didn't get home until after 11pm.