Peace Out River Trip

Now That’s A Shanty!

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I just returned from two weeks in Kentucky where Art and I, along with much assistance from brothers-in-law Allen and Mark, made substantial progress on the shanty structure. The roof was sealed with a coating of epoxy, repurposed pallet wood was used as clapboard giving the structure a very shanty-like appearance, and most critical of all….we built a crapper onto the back deck of the boat. During my absence Art has continued to make progress on building out the interior living space.

Not your typical clapboard – old pallets courtesy of Republic Diesel.
Crapper…note the skylight…because a man needs a nice view. And yes, there will be a wall there. 🙂
Dual fuel tanks!
Yes, that’s a bed…Shantyboaters don’t need much.
Shanty kitchen…Let’s fry up some catfish.
Let’s hope we don’t have to use this.

Art and I also did a little recon of the Kentucky River where we plan to launch in early September, and the Ohio River near Louisville where we hope to arrive two weeks later.

Peace Out,

Jerry and Art

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I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. After attending college at the University of Louisville, I worked for the Commonwealth of Kentucky providing services to families receiving public assistance. This was a great education for me seeing the poverty that exists in our country and the great disparity in opportunity that exists. I left Kentucky to attend the University of Chicago where I received my Masters in Social Work. After graduating, I worked in the Chicago court system, another important step in my education. I shortly reached a point where I needed a new environment and a fresh start. Looking for something smaller, and not wanting to return to Kentucky (a great place to grow up but not where I wanted to spend my entire life), I narrowed my options to Spokane, Washington and Portland, Maine, having never been to either in my life. I decided on Portland, Maine and loaded all my belongings (not a difficult task) into my Datsun pickup truck. In fact, there was still room to sleep in the back. I headed off to Portland where after one year of working in a group home for teens, I discovered I missed the energy of the big city and migrated down to Boston. In Boston I had the opportunity to work with youth in several settings, the most significant and recent being the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. My career in youth work ended in 2016 and that is when the planning for the Peace Out Road Trip began. I am married to a wonderful woman, Dianne, who supports my dreams, whims and quirks and I have two incredible daughters, Katie & Rebecca, who have been my inspiration for the past 32 years. My other supporter is Dianne's daughter, Lindsey, who often gives me the same bewildering look her mother gives me. I can't blame her. And now I have two grandchildren, Gretyl and Deitrich, who make it very hard for me to be away for long periods on road trips.

7 thoughts on “Now That’s A Shanty!”

  2. Hey,

    If Jeff Bezos can get people to pay a million dollars for a few minutes ride in space, don’t you think you could attract a rider to pay handsomely for a two week ride on the Ohio river? Accommodations look terrific already!

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