Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it.
When I was around eight or so Uncle David built a jon boat out of marine plywood. Uncle David is really good at woodworking and makes some nice pieces. As far as I know it was his first attempt at a boat. I rarely write about living people, but the humor in this piece is not at Uncle David’s expense and I bet that he gets a kick out of reading this.
He did a really good job of it, and it looked really nice. It took him several days to finish it, and since they lived just across the street I watched quite a bit of how he built it. He had gotten some plans from somewhere, but could have built it without any prepackaged plans because he was that good.