Brought back memories of the ’60’s when I crewed for the St. Paul Boat Club.
There were also vendors and displays across the river in the North Park.
One display that caught our eye were the “Art Bikes”. A lady who was
involved with this out East moved here a few years ago, and started an
Art Biker group. They let kids put together ideas of what they want to
build, then help them find the parts, and line up people who can weld
and work with metal to help.
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| Ocean Bike |
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| Reflector Bike |
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| Bed Frame Bike |
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| Guitar Bike |
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| Swing Bike - the swinger fell out! |
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| Rocket Bike |
My favorite was the Rocket Bike. As I was looking at it, the
young man who had built it came over and bet me I couldn’t identify all
the parts. Well - I got most of them! The rear is a muffler off a VW
engine.
The round things in the corners are the
cylinders off the engine. On the cylinders are some (hard to see in the
photo) helically cut gears out of some machine. But I couldn’t figure
out what the pointy things at the front were. They are heavy, and made
of stainless steel. He told me what they were.
Should we have another contest??? Give us your guesses!
Next we walked over to the sculpture garden. It sat on the river bluff, and had numerous pieces.
Close by
were some art shops we wondered thru. Chattanooga is certainly a town
not to be missed. There are so many things to do and see, it would take
weeks. We headed out on Sunday, and went a little further up the
Tennessee River to Harrison, TN, and the Island Cove Marina. The leaves
are beginning to change, and we wanted to see some more of the river
before heading back down.
When we got into our slip, Pat exclaimed - “Honey - someone shrunk the
boat!” We felt like a rubber ducky bobbing around between a couple of
100’ house boats! Most all of the marinas here have covered slips. They
are cooler, and keep the sun and rain off your boat, but the boat is
dark during the day. You have to have the lights on. Oh well- advantages
and disadvantages. I washed the boat on Monday, and we met some locals
who gave Pat a ride to the store. We ended up going over to their boat,
and heard about their Loop trip. Another couple who live here and are
Loopers also stopped by to say HI. That AGLCA flag on the boat lets
people know who you are. We are amazed at the number of people who offer
rides to the store, dinner at their house, or just stop by the chat.
We are always walking the docks looking at boats and their names. This is one of my favorites - "No Job Bob".
Today we took a 20 mile dinghy ride. The colors are beginning to pop. The scenery
here is very diverse. Some flat lands, some hills, and a lot of back
waters. We almost got lost coming back. There are about five channels
that all converge in one spot. You better know your buoy colors, and
what buoys belong to what channel!
We decided to swing thru the neighboring marina
on the way back, and found some Red Wing boat houses on steroids!
Tomorrow we head back down river. We’ll stop at Goose Pond again for a
couple of days, then off the Joe Wheeler for the AGLCA gathering on the
21st. Then its off down the Ten Tom to Mobile Bay and the Gulf!
See You All Later
Captn. Ken
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