tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post1954513803540740192..comments2024-01-17T10:10:08.961-08:00Comments on The Church of the Open Road Press: DAY 14 – A VISIT TO OLD TOWN CANOEBumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05498776240120709232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-80004665500195479352011-07-03T20:21:11.425-07:002011-07-03T20:21:11.425-07:00Lovely story, fantastic pictures. Grandma Frances...Lovely story, fantastic pictures. Grandma Frances is quite a remarkable woman!<br /><br />I keep bugging dad to get that canoe worked on, but he can't be bothered, of course.Kamille Delgardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718966778793122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-51103994186207820472011-07-03T16:35:53.403-07:002011-07-03T16:35:53.403-07:00@ Anonymous: The cost of repair will be minimal c...@ Anonymous: The cost of repair will be minimal compared to the time involved. By now, the old wood is pretty dried out and crackly. It will take quite a bit of nourishment to get the cedar and mahogany back into fighting shape. We have the canvas and the "dope" use to adhere the fabric to the wood. We just haven't figured out the time.<br /><br />@ JEH: Please consider adding one word to the last sentence in your thoughtful comment. That word is "yet."Bumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498776240120709232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-75341755365288702082011-07-03T16:32:03.298-07:002011-07-03T16:32:03.298-07:00JEH: I loved your photos of Old Town factory. I n...JEH: I loved your photos of Old Town factory. I never had an Old Town (my canoe was a Blue Hole fiberglass whitewater canoe). But, my favorite tandem partner had a green Old Town much like the pictures of yours. There is nothing, for me, closer to God than sitting in a canoe floating down a river. I liked reading your stories, as always.<br /><br />Oh, by the way, my Blue Hole cost $575 in 1978. I had to go with fiberglass because I was paddling on some pretty wild, rocky rivers. But, I coveted the Old Towns I saw on the river. Always had a fantasy of owning one when I got older and retired to a lake somewhere. Neither of those fantasies came true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-84566911349418425002011-07-03T15:50:49.562-07:002011-07-03T15:50:49.562-07:00Awwww....how much to repair the old canoe?Awwww....how much to repair the old canoe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com