Real Men with Real Boats (Photos)
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We had our 2nd annual wooden drift boat rendezvous on the Arkansas White River tailwaters the past couple of days. The event had two boats (mine and Karl Orscheln’s). Two of our friends, Mike and Greg came along to share the happening.
We adopted a theme this year: Real boats, real food, real men, and a real good time. We confirmed several characteristics about real men.
(Thanks to Cameron for inspiring me to take some food shots. He is the master. I am only the student.)
Real men…
Always give thanks
Start the day with a good breakfast, but hate to be interrupted in the course of it
Eat grease
Eat grease a second day
Enjoy the basics
But are not afraid to experiment
And appreciate good branding.
Real men express their true feelings
Choose weighty anchors
Know a good hat when they see it
Have no agenda
Are one with the oars
Can keep a tight line
And gracefully bend a rod
While knowing how to use a net
Are gentlest with fish
Can appreciate another’s organized system
Don’t shy away from knotted leaders
Love a fine instrument–no matter the make
Immediately recognize rugged individualism
Are not afraid of structure in their lives
Cheer on a hearty appetite
Look for a twinkle in their subject’s eye
See things from a new perspective
Root for the underdog
Enjoy watching their friends fish
And finally, real men know how to smell the flowers
Great set of shots Scott !
Hope your mate there is praying the bacon doesn’t kill him before lunch time… 😀
( No mac & cheese pies ?? )Next time I come back to the states I’m doing a drift boat trip !
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Nicely done Doode! Sorry I wasn’t a part of it. Hopefully I’ll be able to make the 2nd Annual Rendezvous! Great looking boats….wood is the bomb!
Dave wrote:
Hope your mate there is praying the bacon doesn’t kill him before lunch time… Â
Dave, it’s not the bacon, but the sugar in the homemade Crumpet Tea Room orange rolls my wife made that will harden those arteries! Sorry, no photo of the rolls. But they are good. I actually was very good and only ate two of those all week. 🙂 The bacon and sausage came from Karl’s secretary’s hobbie farm. The hog was raised on left overs from the catered lunches in their office for drug reps :-/.
Patrick wrote:
dude the one of the bow and the hopper pattern is sick
Ah yes, one of our poor substandard hatchery stockers with an undeveloped upper lip. Some also have some gill desease from time to time. However, that fella with the powerbait rig will have him caught out and on the dinner table before long. It is amazing how quickly though the stockers pick up on the natural food items. They can become quite selective in a short while at times.
Cameron, We ate pretty sensibly the rest of the time. Karl and I went out to Roscoes–http://www.roscoesrestaurant.com Thursday night before Mike and Greg arrived. We had steak and salad. Their steaks are growth hormone free and very good. Lunches were a simple sandwich and fruit and some very fresh fig newtons. Mike brought some Tyson experimental chicken and fixed supper Friday night. It was a test chicken product injected with a hot spice. Exceptionally hot! Probably will not make it past the test groups. I had a taste and then finished supper with regular chicken. He made some sauteed apples and some mashed potatos also.
Enjoyed the photo of giving thanks from your previous trip!
Drifter, this was #2. Hope to see you make #3 next September. We may also start a sping fling. We stayed at Gary and Paul Flippin’s Jenkins Creek house at Rim Shoals. It was a great place for us.
Those boats are exquisite. Are they vintage, new, or self-built? I’ve done a bit of boat building down here in south La., and while I know nothing about drift boats, they are beautiful craft.
Great stuff…thanks for posting.
::) I hope you’re praying that the sausage and bacon won’t stick to your arteries. It didn’t work for me and lead to 71/2 hours of open heart. seriously, I was drooling the whole time I read the note. Great shots and thanks for sharing. After that I may have to take an extra dose of Vitorin.
Those boats are exquisite. Are they vintage, new, or self-built? I’ve done a bit of boat building down here in south La., and while I know nothing about drift boats, they are beautiful craft.
Those are kit boats. The square ender I finished last summer and the double ender my friend Karl built the year before. They are fun projects.
Zach wrote:
How did the well-organized gentleman get his object down to the riverside?
We did not see him get it down there, but I assume he had help, Zach. Interesting set up. He seemed ready for anything.
A real man would have caught that squirrel for a photo op as he swam across the river.
Of course, the aftermath once the squirrel regains its strength can be painful…
;D
After dropping the squirrel following the first bite, the squirrel was running around the bottom of the boat.
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