Betty's Barge by Bill Hezlep

Betty's Barge by Bill Hezlep

The title of this delightful book merely hints at the extended journey inside. Betty's Barge takes us faraway and into a peacefully adventures life exploring the historic canals of France aboard an antique Dutch motor barge. The book brings to life, in vivid color and charming detail, canal barges and the people, villages, geography and history of the canals, along with the joys and tribulations of living aboard a seventy foot long, sixty year old, floating iron mobile home?while restoring and overhauling it. A book to be savored anytime you would really rather be somewhere else. The author served in the navy and has more than thirty years of experience with boats ranging from an ocean going ketch through a Maine lobster boat to...Betty's Barge.

Bill Hezlep, a former Naval Officer, and a former professional geographer and cartographer for the United States Department of State, first went to sea, at seventeen, aboard a square rigged school ship. Since 1994, with his shipmate and partner in adventure, Betty, he has lived aboard a series of boats: a sea going thirty-six foot ketch, an iron hulled Dutch canal cargo barge, and several power boats, including a Maine lobster boat. Bill and Betty, aboard the latest M/V Walkabout, continue to explore the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, the inland waterways of the United States and Canada, and the islands of the Bahamas.

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ISBN 13	9781453666647
ISBN 10	1453666648
Title	Betty's Barge
Author	Bill Hezlep
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	CreateSpace
Year published	2010-10-13
Number of pages	278
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