36th ANNUAL – JUNE 19-26, 2021
Bill Trout made it to Maiden’s landing just fine and set up his table with a few things to show. There were a lot of tubers and various other plastic boaters on this nice sunny Saturday! Walking up the bank waiting for batteaux to arrive, I came upon Diane Easley sitting at a small table…
With my dog Jake resting his nose on the nice cool air in the truck the whole way to Cartersville, we arrived just in time to for me to jump out with the camera and take a group shot! I brought Bill Trout a biscuit for breakfast and left Jake in the truck a while…
Arriving at Scottsville and going over the railroad tracks towards the boat ramp I quickly saw what a mess things were down there with lots of mud from the recent high water. I took a photo of the river level lines with the river in the background and decided an indoor place to eat was…
The river at Hattons Ferry was moving along in a great current. The Ferry was across the river for a change. Usually I’ve seen it on river-left beside the history display. There is a real tall sign with the different dates and how high the water was. Awesome sign. Some of the dates bring back…
Down river from Howardsville is Warrens Ferry. A cable is what you can see of the old ferry. Sitting by the river a while I heard a batteau across the river playing music and singing the old boatmans songs and it was cool hearing it all the way across the river sitting under a big…
Driving to Howardsville in the real early morning light was awesome seeing the colorful sky along the country road. The batteaux were all lined up along the bank and some people were still sleeping when I arrived. Howardsville came to life as the sun rose and gradually some of the boats started to leave but…
The mid afternoon sun glowing through the trees along the walkway by the river in Wingina was beautiful today! I arrived to find Bill Trout sitting with long time batteauist and musician Jason Hatcher and his friend on the other side of Bill playing a guitar and singing. The man with the guitar said that…
The batteaux started arriving in the late afternoon with plenty of daylight left! The crew of The Thomas Jefferson said it was a pretty easy day. Several batteaux had already lined up nosecones to the beach while one recent arrival just up-stream hogged the bank, side to the bank, which left it difficult for others…