The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story.
By Capt. Don Sanders Special to NKyTribune
Naturally, the river way of life, like the waterways we follow, is fluid and constantly flowing. People come and go. Friends are made but drift away. But what better treat is there than hearing from an old friend again?
Imagine my delight hearing Cappy Dave Dickenson on the phone, a voice I hadn’t heard in nearly ten years. Dave was, and remains, the sternwheel pleasure boat ALOHA owner, a vessel he found and purchased on the Great Kanawha River near Charleston, West “By God,” Virginia, in October 2015…