Rollin' on the River

My brother is having around 75 members of his wife's family down to their river home on Saturday. He decided he wanted the pontoon boat there to take them out on the river if they wanted to go. Instead of using closer boat ramps, he decided to set it in about 12 miles or so up the Cumberland at the nearest town and float down, and I went with him. Three of his grandsons decided to join us, so Thursday we spent about six hours mostly drifting with the current and only using the motor to steer into deeper channels at the shallower areas. The boys caught some rainbow and brown trout along the way. We took plenty of food and drinks, had the canopy up for shade and set out in a fog shrouded river. I took the camera with the zoom lens and got a few shots after the fog lifted. We'll see how those come out after the roll is shot up and developed.

After their shindig he's decided, instead of going back up river, to float down about 20 miles farther to take it out. I'll be going with him for that trip. He'll drive the truck and boat trailer to the pull out destination and leave it there. I'll follow along in the car to take us back to his house to get on the boat. The kids will be back in school by the time he does that, so it will be just the two of us on that trip. There are some homes, farms and cabins along the Cumberland, but miles and miles go by with no sign of civilization at all. We didn't see but four fishing boats in the entire six plus hours, so pretty much had the river to ourselves. Little experiences like that are the icing on the cake of life. It was a great day.