A woman in a red bikini danced giddily on a big floating trampoline in the Magothy River, at one point turning a graceful back flip — without losing her straw hat. Her apparent carefree delight captured what fans consider the true spirit of Bumper Bash, a yearly convergence of boat-borne revelers.
But on Saturday, the men in blue were no less a part of the story at the party's fifth-annual installment. Spurred by multiple fights and drunken rowdiness last year, authorities stepped up the police presence considerably, both along the Dobbins Island beach and in the river.
The Coast Guard for the first time mandated a 40-foot-wide float-free channel leading to the beach in case of emergency, and paramedics were stationed on a county fireboat and in an ambulance on shore.
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This was an awesome event! If you missed it this year, its worth the trip out next year.
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