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A River Captain’s Sixty-Five-Year Voyage | Lexington News
Captain Don Sanders, a lifelong riverman, reflects on six decades of steamboating adventures—from childhood swims in the Ohio to commanding the MARJESS and surviving a brutal 1300-mile Mississippi journey with his friend Everett. Now retired from the open water, he’s traded paddlewheels for a computer desk, surrounded by river relics, while still offering quiet wisdom to admirers of his old boat, the CLYDE. With a wry nod to the past, he admits he’s come to appreciate air conditioning more than ever—and that younger generations might not survive the heat without it. Listen in comfort:Get a…
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