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Watt Key

Watt Key
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The White Car

it wasn’t until we were standing in a dark, rutted-out, dirt parking lot at the edge of the Tensaw River that I began to question my...

Out of the Gloam – Part II

I knew I was in trouble long before I would admit it to myself or anyone else in the boat. I’d taken my father-in-law and my 6-year-old son...

Out of the Gloam

Although the Tensaw Delta appears as one piece on a map, the northern (upper) and southern (lower) regions are very different. The upper is more bottomland than...

Neighbors

Since it’s always a good idea to stay on friendly terms with swamp neighbors, I don’t waste time introducing myself. By the time I stop by...

The Chuckfee Revival

I spent the month before reinforcing the mudsills under the camp and nailing up extra floor joists. Then, I called my insurance agent and took out an...

Random Proud

It may have been the worst looking vessel I’d ever seen: a blue-hulled houseboat about 40 feet long, tied to a plank walk built out into the...

Swamp Writer: The Landing

Pie owns the landing where I launch my boat. Her office is an old abandoned nightclub on the riverbank. From here, she collects $5 for every parked...

Catching Alligators

I learned about catching alligators from my neighbor, Butch Dobson. His camp looks like a mobile home jacked up onto pilings, but upon close inspection, ...

Swamp Writer: The Trailer Park

There is a place deep in the fetid Delta backwater that we call the Trailer Park. While camp Whiskey Breath is the most remote inhabited camp, the...

Swamp Writer: Delta Heckler

As I recall, a friend of my brother Reid’s says he has a pontoon boat that sunk in Lake Martin. All he requires of the transaction is...

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