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relegated to the bed of Robert Braun's old 1986 Ford Ranger, Zimmerman and I hang on under two canoes and beside a kayak as the hurdle over the winding country roads from the "take-out" to the "put-in"
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bouncing and jostling under two canoes and beside a kayak over the roads between the mouth of the Antietam and our "put-in" at "Molly's Hole"
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Richard Belise and his best friend Josie as they are about to put in onto Antietam Creek at "Molly's Hole" near Sharpsburg Md.
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classically trained master cabinetmaker and inveterate runner of rivers Robert Braun as he assembles his kayak paddle at "Molly's Hole"
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my stalwart first-mate Zimmerman is at the gunwales as we descend Antietan Creek towards the Potomac
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a mid-float respite during our float down the Antietam - that beautiful blue canoe is my fabulous "Shenandoah Hawksbill"
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Richard Belisle of Shepherdstown who first led me down Antietam Creek during a torrential rain storm for my trip paddling a solo canoe - lightning and thunder and drenching rain - exciting fun - (Richard hates this picture)
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playing a game of fetch
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the throw is made, now to retrieve the stick before it floats away down the swift riffles
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that's Richard's green Old Town "Pathfinder" in the foreground, a canoe he and I traveled to Connecticut to buy from a female State Trooper (for 300 or 600 dollars I forget)
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Zimmerman at his post as we drift through the deep shade under a towering sycamore tree leaning over the Antietam
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I this picture we've just pulled our boats up the steep embankment from Antietam Creek just above the Harpers Ferry Road Bridge
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First-mate Zimmerman (alternatively Zimmerman The Wonder Dog) at the "take-out" just above the Harpers Ferry Road bridge over Antietam Creek
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my canoe (which I sometimes call "Great Blue" sits back atop my car at the "take-out" after our afternoon on Antietam Creek
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after our float and after retrieving Robert's truck from the "put-in" Richard's canoe is back on his rack
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Robert Braun the great bachelor waterman and cabinet maker
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after an afternoon on the Antietam we're back at Richard's townhouse before going to Tommy's Pizza from the best pizza in the Eastern Panhandle