Each year a group of gents from Pacific Rim Tonewoods and Taylor Guitars go on a midsummer outing. In 2005 it was a 20-mile float down the Chilko River, which flows out of Chilko Lake and eventually into the Chilcotin River. There were 25 of us, counting a guide and shuttle crew of 7. We ran the river in three 16-foot rafts, one kayak and one cat. We camped on the riverbank about 20 miles south of Alexis Creek.