GL: Conch shell lock

[Bill Donovan]

Jake:

Roger is correct.

It is the lock at Deep Creek, VA at the northern end of the Dismal 
Swamp Canal.  I don't recall the name of the lockmaster, but he is an 
expert at blowing the conch shell.  While he doesn't "try" to collect 
from each boat, he does appreciate your adding to his collection -- 
which is impressive.

There may be another lockmaster that collects shells, but this one 
does for sure.  You can see a picture of him here: 
http://tinyurl.com/47clox.  Thanks to "Lakshmi" and "Happy and Free 
Productions, Ltd."  You can see Lakshmi's log of their trip through 
the Dismal Swamp Canal at http://tinyurl.com/43f5va .

Bill
Georgia Peach, DF 44



At 10:41 PM 5/29/2008, Jake2124 at aol.com wrote:
>Last year we did all of the loop. At one of the locks, there was a really
>fun lockmaster who tried to collect as a passage fee, one conch 
>shell from each
>boat for his "shell garden" Does anyone out there know which lock that is? We
>  just cannot remember and want to include it in our log.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jake    Endeavor
>
>
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