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Shantyboat on the wide Sacramento. Photo by Mike Garofalo
Shantyboat on the wide Sacramento. Photo by Mike Garofalo
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Shantyboat leaves Colusa. Photo by Mike Garofalo
Shantyboat leaves Colusa. Photo by Mike Garofalo
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Evening card tournament aboard the shantyboat
Evening card tournament aboard the shantyboat
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Benzy’s drawing of the shantyboat docked at Stingrayz in Knight’s Landing
Benzy's drawing of the shantyboat docked at Stingrayz in Knight's…
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Knight Landing Drawbridge under which we are docked that creaks and rumbles as cars pass all night long
Knight Landing Drawbridge under which we are docked that creaks…
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Hard at work on the Sacramento River
Hard at work on the Sacramento River
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“And, it should be added, many of the shanty-boat types were rascals who could turn with complete ease to chicken stealing, to selling patent medicine, to being fourth-rate actors, or even pretending to be preachers if it appeared that’s fire-and-brimstone sermon might bring in a nice collection.” From Steamboats on the Mississippi
"And, it should be added, many of the shanty-boat types…
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Huge catfish dinner thanks to Benzy’s newly acquired mad fishing skills
Huge catfish dinner thanks to Benzy's newly acquired mad fishing…
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The character of the river changes again
The character of the river changes again
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I’m getting the band back together. River hobos on the town
I'm getting the band back together. River hobos on the…
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The hot dry dusty town of Grimes reminds me of where I grew up with my grandparents
The hot dry dusty town of Grimes reminds me of…
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Hazel builds a little chuppah in the heat of the day
Hazel builds a little chuppah in the heat of the…
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Jeremiah spends the morning working a particularly tricky knot
Jeremiah spends the morning working a particularly tricky knot
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Fierce hunter Benzy. 24″ cat
Fierce hunter Benzy. 24" cat
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Ships hound headed south out of Colusa
Ships hound headed south out of Colusa
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We love that people frequently bring us homegrown veggies. Who brought us the peck of pickled peppers?
We love that people frequently bring us homegrown veggies. Who…
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Ships mate Jeremiah Daniels on his birthday, member of shantyboat crew on every expedition since 2014
Ships mate Jeremiah Daniels on his birthday, member of shantyboat…
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“County’s heritage from the ante-bellum South and states-rights sympathies”
"County's heritage from the ante-bellum South and states-rights sympathies" is…
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Night out at Colusa Bowl
Night out at Colusa Bowl
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Anthurium in the shantyboat. These civilizing touches are an important part of our wild journey
Anthurium in the shantyboat. These civilizing touches are an important…
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Association of Shantyboaters certification and various photos on the shantyboat
Association of Shantyboaters certification and various photos on the shantyboat
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Radio shelf, engine gauges, and tobacco shelf from top to bottom on the shantyboat
Radio shelf, engine gauges, and tobacco shelf from top to…
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Behind the wheel of an early 80s Ford pickup to breakfast in Colusa thanks to Mike
Behind the wheel of an early 80s Ford pickup to…
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ABC10 out of Sacramento has us do stupid human boating tricks for an extensive report about the Secret History project
ABC10 out of Sacramento has us do stupid human boating…
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Shantyboat beached in beautiful historic Colusa
Shantyboat beached in beautiful historic Colusa
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Benzy’s patches to our meece-eaten screens probably saved us
Benzy's patches to our meece-eaten screens probably saved us from…
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Happy and exhausted after an amazing day shantyboating with great friends
Happy and exhausted after an amazing day shantyboating with great…
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After a morning dodging snags and gravel beds through a series of hazardous and scary ordeals…
After a morning dodging snags and gravel beds through a…
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Breakfast birthday blackberry shantyboat pie! Yes, we have an oven
Breakfast birthday blackberry shantyboat pie! Yes, we have an oven
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Benzy catches a sizable striper
Benzy catches a sizable striper
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Joe Lorenzo known around here as just Riverrat owns the boat that partly inspired the Secret History shantyboat
Joe Lorenzo known around here as just Riverrat owns the…
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