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<WI' snap on chains and catch the raft when it came out of the rapid. We caught it and they got some good pictures. Then PJ jumped out and he said, "Don't worry about a thing! I've got the keys!" Everybody just cracked up! Tired and ready to go home, we finally ran Gneise Canyon, the last rapid, then passed Separation Point and entered Lake Mead. It was late August, very hot on the lake. The movie people had gone to Temple Bar Marina and Las Vegas Harbor to bring a big power boat out to meet us and tow us in. They wanted to finish the commercial on the Temple Bar beach. The heat was terrible, so we decided to get in the car, start it and run the air conditioner while we crossed the lake. There we were in the car with the air conditioner going, drink- ing beer and having a big party. We had a great time. One of the fellows had a cowboy hat, another had a cigar. I put the cigar in my mouth and the hat on my head and pretended I was driving the car. Whenever anyone came along, the guys would lay down. The people on the lake thought I was driving the car across on the raft. Once a power boat came up and the guy beat on the hood of his boat, laughing. I just said, "Do you know the way to Kingman?" Then we all jumped up and waved at him. He came over; we visited and had a few beers, then on we went. Every time a power boat came by, we'd stage this same rou- tine. We laughed until our stomachs hurt. People were really receptive to it. They came out specifically to see us and took pictures. They thought it was the funniest thing they ever saw. Later in the afternoon, the movie guys showed up with a power boat. They were concerned because they thought we had taken too long to get where we were. We could only go about four miles an hour. They hooked their giant boat to the raft to pull us in, started up the boat-and broke the line. They hooked it up again and broke the line again. Rubber boats just don't tow very well. When they finally got it to work, they still only went about six miles an hour. We all got in the big boat and had quite a celebration. We didn't make it to Temple Bar Marina until late that 18