The One Eyed Stove
Day One Another year flies by and it's time to hit the creek again. The years are coming now as fast as weeks. Stephen will be making his third trip and this time I decided to let him go all the way to Kelly's Crossroads. I had been preoccupied before the trip by trying to rig some kind of fixture that would allow me to fly a confederate battle flag from the bow of my canoe. After several failed attempts of using springs and antenna mounts, I decided to just lay the mast across the stern, tie it down and let the flag just hang. This way it wouldn't interfere with fishing. We got started in traditional way with breakfast at George's house and an early morning drive to the put in place at Short's bridge. Stephen and I use Bob's green Coleman since he wasn't able to make it this year. Dick had a new red Coleman; George used his Mohawk and Steve had his green Coleman. Charlie Cornelius had messed up his back earlier this year and didn't want to chance a...