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 SandersSpecial to NKyTribune
Something’s always happening on the river.
Two weeks ago, as I sat at my desk poring over my column for the NKyTribune, the frozen Ohio River dominated the river news. However, with temperatures on my front porch thermometer reaching nearly 70 degrees over the past two days, the mighty Ohio is surprisingly ice-free. Although local tributary streams remain ice-choked, concerns about rising water levels now dominate much of the conversation around Aurora Bend. Yet there’s still room to converse about other river-related matters. For example:…