old motor gal

 My parents belonged to a club on the Chickahominy River when I was born, and continued this membership until they were the only ones left. I was about htirty years old then and just married. Actually, the arrangement was, most of my life, just an informal family agreement to share the expenses of the place, but since it was vacant most of the time it was the same as if it had been completely private. There were not many members of my family and they could all use the place at will. The Chickahominy River is a beautiful river which has its source north of Richmond and evantually flows into the James River near Williamsburg. The river is unique in many ways. Because of the terrain it is tidal for much of its length yet is fresh water. Actually, before 1942 even more of it was tidayl, but that year the government built a dam at Walkers leaving us about five miles above it. The river changed in many ways then but also stayed the same in others. It looked about the same except it appea...