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Hooray! Lady’s Slipper-7 Days of Fun & Excitement

Congratulations to you all for riding the river and enjoying the
company of all the Batteau Groups as well as our members.
Look forwward to [...]

Why the Plaque on the Rockfish Runner?

You may have noticed  the plaque on the Rockfish Runner that honors Kathy Plyler and all Cancer Warriors everywhere.

I missed the Batteau Festival last year as my wife Kathy was diagnosed with breast cancer in Feb of 2008. From then until June of 2009, she had chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation (daily for six weeks). During that [...]

Goolsby’s Falls

Wednesday Morning I shuttled to Warren’s Ferry. I paddled along with Doug Berry. He in his hybrid canoe/kayk and I in my old Mohawk red canoe.
We arrived at the island below Goolsbys Falls about 9:30 am. We got lots of good photos of almost all the batteaux in the festival, only missing a couple or [...]

Missing you all

Wednesday Bud and I moved gear to Scotsville and then I came to Lynchburg in order to renew my passport on Thursday. It doesn’t seem right to have had a hot and clean shower and a nap in a king-size bed.

But I miss the river folk so Ii will be back with you as soon as [...]

Batteaux on the way to Howardsville this morning

Hello Batteau people.

The Batteaux left Wingina this morning on the way to Howardsville. The water had dropped slightly from the night before while still having a good higher than normal level The current was good.

Everyone was in good spirits this morning.

A boy named Brandon was caught in a bad situation yesterday afternoon. He was a canoeist [...]

Rope Swings….

The Sedalia Guys never miss a great [...]

Celebrating!

These guys are SO HAPPY to finally be done with this boat and on [...]

Isn’t this what it’s all about???

One of the many reasons this is the BEST week of [...]

Sedalia Endeavor on Higgenbotham Falls

I had the pleasure of canoeing and batteauxing with the Sedalia Endeavor, and everyone is having a wonderful time! Here is a shot of them coming through Higgenbotham [...]

A Glorious Start and a Day of Leisure

We christened the third Lord Chesterfield at Percival Island, and she held her own as we went from L’burg to Bent Creek on Saturday — 10 a.m. to 8:37 p.m.
Secured the gracious permission of a property owner across the river from the festival site to stay there and opted to take a Day of Leisure on [...]