36th ANNUAL – JUNE 19-26, 2021
Cartersville was pleasant as we sat waiting on the boats to come in. Bill Trout enjoyed telling the batteau history to several new visitors to the JRBF for the first time. The Lady’s Slipper crew cooked a hot meal for sale and everyone said it was good. Some of the boat crews stayed up a…
Slate River was calm and clear Friday morning. The sun peaked out over the top of the trees and the view over the point was beautiful. Up-river a short distance at a private boat ramp were several batteaux tied off and people still sleeping. The sun creeped up on to them as the morning started.…
The Slate River site was busy with the local Masonic Lodge members preparing Catfish dinners and Hamburgers and Hot Dogs to sell for dinner. A dark cloud and bad storm warnings were seen and it rained for a while. I was lucky to get a boxed Catfish dinner to take to the truck while it…
Scottsville Thursday morning was pretty nice. The rain from yesterday afternoon was gone and a slight amount of fog was on the river. The water is still a little bit brown from the recent rains but not too bad. The batteaux took their time getting ready this morning and the shuttle takes longer too. The…
Scottsville was warming up this afternoon and we could see the clouds building up for a good rain. The rain held off for a good while and only rained some towards the evening time. The batteaux came around the bend and the public enjoyed seeing them come in. When it was raining it was so…
Lisa B. from the batteau Clifton Lee had an accident this morning at Goosby’s rapid. This is the account of the event as told to me by Lisa while sitting outside of the Tavern by the James in Scottsville this afternoon: Lisa said she was getting situated on board the batteau and was trying to…
Howardsville was pleasant Tuesday afternoon. The Howardsville Ladies Club annual watch party was well attended and many familiar faces were there on the bank overlooking the beach where the batteaux line up. It was fun visiting again. Howard Williams and Diane Easley made it off the river ok. I was worried about their float but…
Wingina Tuesday morning was beautiful. Nice and cool and the big rain storms missed us during the night so we were dry! The batteaux crews gradually got going and looked really good approaching the Wingina bridge! Diane Easley and Howard made a raft on old innertubes for Diane and Howard had a Kayak with sticks…