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
Suddenly, that 1980’s tune by Queen, the British rock group, was driving me up the wall. Another riverboat gone — bound for the boneyard. According to a series of photos featured on social media, the river casino boat BELLE OF BATON ROGUE, hanging onto a long lead behind a tugboat with a small towboat shoving from astern, was heading to a scrapyard in Gibson, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, for dismantling.
“The riverboat sendoff shows that things are changing (for the better) in downtown Baton Rouge,” Belle of Baton Rogue Casino General Manager Richard Cannon commented. What casino management and local developers saw as a positive move forward for revitalizing the downtown Louisiana capital, boat fans mourned the loss of another irreplaceable paddlewheeler…