Dave - Shake everyone's hands and give a big manly hug. I might ask Kenny to wash his hands and change his clothes before I do that with him .
George - Surrounded by the beauty of nature, I will philosophically ponder the existence of the human race and how a miniscule virus could bring about our downfall .
Kenny - Actually prepare fitness wise, cuz fittin dis fat belly in a kayak was way too hard .
Eric - I'll probably paddle a little bit, I might even drink some beer .
Zach - Wear face mask, observe social distancing, and hand-sanitize everything. Er, what was the question? My auto-answer took over .
Alan - Smile with pride. .
Boyd - Drink beer, eat beans, pee on trees, and splash Dave .
Justin - Cough, sneeze, and burp .
Austin - Swim across the lake .
Christopher - Jump in the water .
Adrian - Not wear a mask! .
Ian - Showing up .
Brandon - Hopefully breathe in some covid free air and see some sides of nature that i've never appreciated before .
Sai - Trying to prove I can be a He-Man for the first time, I would like to win the canoe race and yell "I AM THE POWER!!!" .
Ron (non-participant) - eat beans, drink, eat more beans .
Todd (non-participant) - There are so many presumptions in this question that it hard to tackle this position. But let's postulate that we are at a point that we are "back to what was normal"... then "Lets Party!". The camaraderie of He-Man needs to be reborn and celebrated... this includes giving Kenny a wedgie at every opportunity, telling racy jokes to Dave at every portage, and hiding Ron's grog whenever possible .
Dave - Excuse me, aren't we He-Man. I would of asked Kenny for another, more direct sneeze. And then I would gobble up m burrito. Of course I would tell everyone about the ground meat being contaminated so that I would get the ground meat that the weak ones would leave me .
George - There are certain things that you just accept for what they are on the He-Man. Cold, rain, high winds, mosquitos, ticks, and Kenny. You just ignore it, continue on, and enjoy the trip .
Kenny - Dug in, antibodies are aplenty in he-man chow. Thin out the herd, or whatever? Oh wait i almost was.....uh uh.....colloidal silver anyone? George? .
Eric - I probably would have started by trying not to sneeze on someone or the food .
Zach - I'm not hungry anymore .
Alan - Everyone brave enough to go on a Covid trip with Kenny, especially after finding out he just drove all the way to Texas, knew that Kenny would probably share anything he had. This was confirmed during Saturday lunch as Kenny touched and hovered over most of the food. So by Saturday supper, what more could be said. Perhaps cooking the beef a little longer as we know cooking kills the virus. But doomed we would all be either way. Or maybe break out the Indian food .
Boyd - Pour in some of Dan's special 100 proof drinking supply. Guaranteed to sterilize anything .
Justin - I would sneeze with Kenny on Dave’s food and the He-Man pan .
Austin - Cooked the food a little longer to kill off the bacteria. The sneeze spray just adds extra flavors .
Christopher - I’m eating it, but others are going to have to find there own food if they don’t want it .
Adrian - I would eat the rest of the food! .
Ian - Even the odds and spit in pan .
Brandon - kenny and dave should swap plates and dave should kindly advise kenny to more a little more careful next time .
Sai - I would have asked everyone to sneeze into the He-man pan and call it HE-PAN .
Ron (non-participant) - Wash hands with disinfectant, spray Lysol on plate, pan and table. Put Kinney into a full isolation suit with Hepa filter and eat burrito .
Todd (non-participant) - Manners are manners... rudeness is rudeness... Kenny is Kenny. The saying is: if you always do what you always did... you always get what you always got. Another way to state this is Kenny will be Kenny... it doesn't matter what is the situation. Remember the fable of the scorpion and the frog, well I would make sure there was at least one person between me and Kenny in any line to avoid this type of situation, regardless of the state of the environment if I wanted to minimize this type of situation .
3) At the Whitesand Lake portage, Dave (on shore) threw a quite large beaver stick through the air and hit Boyd (in a canoe a considerable distance from shore) on top of his the head. Boyd put his head between his knees in great pain. A little later, Boyd got Dave "back" by splashing a paddle full of water in Dave's lap. If you were Boyd, how would you of responded?Dave - Good job Dave! Since I first started on this trip, I always wanted to knock some sense into Boyd. I just wouldn't of put up with getting splashed with cold water. Didn't Dave have the beaver stick with him so that he could hit Boyd again after getting splashed? .
George - The inner pain that Dave felt was punishment enough. It probably brought back painful memories of his pitching days and the countless batters he injured with his poor throws. Or his brief military career which ended after the incident on the hand granade field. Or his track and field days as a shot putter. That poor runner will never be the same .
Kenny - Sometimes it's best to let the defendant worry? .
Eric - "Dave! your accuracy is terrible! If my head wasn't so big you definitely would have missed." .
Zach - Work my way to the front of the pack and then some. Upon reaching the next considerable beaver dam hide the canoe and go Rambo style underwater. Once Dave and partner had gotten their canoe across and were ready to continue come up from underneath and behind (like in Jaws) and take the canoe under! .
Alan - Rally the troops to force Dave into dishes duty the rest of the trip and buy Boyd lunch on the way home. As a second option, Dave could be required to wear a dunce cap that he makes himself for the entire time he holds a paddle the next year he comes on the trip .
Boyd - Dave should have been strapped to the bottom of a canoe and keel hauled across White Sand Lake .
Justin - Throw a rock up in the air as high as I can aiming for Dave’s head .
Austin - Shrugged it off .
Christopher - Canoe war!!! someone is flipping .
Adrian - I would of make a plan that would slow Dave down! .
Ian - I plead the 5th .
Brandon - I would have asked Dave if he intended to hit me with the stick and hopefully it was an accident that could be apologized for and easily forgotten. But to be fair, a lap full of water is much better than a large "beaver" stick to the head but one was intentional and the latter was accidental .
Sai - I would have asked Dave to paddle my injured ass for a few miles .
Ron (non-participant) - Dave Dave Dave, we are going to have to have a long talk about your juvenile antics. Is this anyway for a SENIOR He-man to act, especially a founder!! Did you check him for a concussion and put him on a concussion watch protocol? And you believe that a splash of water makes it even?? I would be sleeping with one eye open and keeping an ear listening for cutting at night this year if I were you .
Todd (non-participant) - I am glad to see that He-Man shenanigans are still alive and well. Dave was demonstrating his mighty strength as a HEMAN by throwing a large branch (some called a trunk)... and Boyd's canoe was in the way of that path (Dave didn't know his own strength). The fact that Boyd got in the way and felt the need for revenge is the right of those so afflicted while participating in the He-Man event - and so the tradition continues. Glad to see founding members are still teaching the youngins what it means to be true He-Men .
4) The arbitrary diet restrictions by different He-Man is ever increasing. Of course George has been vegitarian for a long time. But last year in addition we had a WI Vegan (vegitarian except dairy) and someone who would only eat their own Indian packet food. Are the day's of Todd Byrne's shared gourmet meals over for the He-Man? What should we do about this?Dave - I hate to tell you, but I believe it is even going to get worse. I heard the Ron's teeth are not so good anymore and he requires all his food to be pureed. And I believe Doug has started to go on a liquid diet where he only consumes what his company produces .
George - Have Kenny sneeze in the meat so everybody wants to be vegetarian .
Kenny - Get tough or die, mre's all around. I hear tell tp is no longer needed when mres are eaten? .
Eric - I believe that Todd's gourmet meals are what drove so many He-men to take up restrictive diets. If we wish for our fellow He-men to join us around the he-man-pan once again we need to take He-man cuisine back to it's roots .
Zach - If they're missing out on good meals what's the problem, that just leaves more for us! .
Alan - NEVER! Gourmet meals are here to stay. Packing your own food doesn't get you out of the group food contribution. However in the name of those starving kids in Africa, if you are not going to eat with the group you should declare it before meals are assigned to all so excess food is not brought and wasted .
Boyd - Gourmet meals! We don't need no stinkin gourmet meals. Beans, all meals should be beans!!! .
Justin - Make sure he eats a pound of meat .
Austin - Mix all the food together in the He-Man Pan to accommodate everyone .
Christopher - Sorry but I’m bringing meat 🍖 .
Adrian - Catch some fish and put them on the pan. .
Ian - Uber it in .
Brandon - Incorporate some vegetarian options into the group food. I'm sure everyone would appreciate an eclectic variety of campfire cuisine .
Sai - Lets start eating vegan to avoid all the confusion .
Ron (non-participant) - Beans and mushrooms must be in every meal, any meal that does not have the mandatory ingredients will have the preparer sleep naked in the woods that night. No net, insect repellant, tarp. Anyone not eating the mandatory ingredients will go hungry and have all there snacks taken from them .
Todd (non-participant) - It is sad to see that traditions are challenged and senior He-Men are becoming feeble in their dietary abilities. The tradition of the past of of franks and beans should be a right of passage for every He-Man. There should be minimum sustenance provided so any He-Man can survive, (Beans, Franks, Cheese, Beer - good He-Man and Wisconsin staples)... anything additional is the choice of those assigned duties for the meal. If someone has different personal requirements... they are responsible for their own meal (if that person has responsibility for a meal they are required to provide Beans, Franks, Cheese, and Beer anyways). Gourmet meals are a luxury that might go the way of the do-do Bird if there are not drastic actions taken. who is going to step up to ensure that traditions are maintained? .