GL: Conch shell lock

[Gregory Han]

That is Robert the lockmaster

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Bill Donovan
<trailersource at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 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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