27/06/2024
Oh yeah❤️...next year😎
⏱️ Almost impossible to believe, but it’s just 30 days till go-time folks. 😳🫣 And if history repeats itself, the days are gonna flllyyy by.
Before you know it, you and thousands of your best paddle pals will be lining the banks of the AuSable in Downtown Grayling, heart racing, waiting for the last lines of 🎶 ‘It’s the final countdowwnnn’ 🎶 to wrap up, and for the sheriffs gun to go off, signaling the start of the Consumers Energy 76th AuSable River Canoe Marathon. 🏁
It’s what we on the committee refer to as ‘crunch time’ and we are Ready. 👏🏼 To. 👏🏼 Go. (Or we will be at least…in about 30 days 😜)
✅ Sponsor signs going up in Grayling and Oscoda
✅ Safety meetings taking place with valued members of AuSable River Valley law enforcement and emergency services personnel
✅ Last combined (Grayling and Oscoda) committee meeting complete
✅ Finalizing the Spectator Guide with the publisher for print
✅ Working through final logistics of live social media coverage, brought to you once again by our friends at Halstead Game Processing
✅ Race night coverage planning session with our radio coverage partners 98.5 UPS-Classic Hits
✅ canoe numbers printed and sprint schedules being finalized
Annnddd abbooouuuttttt a million more things in the works. 😆 But, it’s all worth it to bring you one of the greatest canoe races on earth. 🙌🏼
Only 30 days till we . Will you be there for ?!
📸 credit: Consumer’s Energy