The lock at Burleigh Falls is still not open, so we are stuck here at Youngs Point. Things aren’t all bad though, a blues fest starts here today at 11.
The Blues Fest is on the grounds of the General Store right next to the lock and canal. How convenient is this?? The sun is out and the people are coming with coolers and lawn chairs.
Brian’s Not Just Blues Fest is in honor of a guy name Brian Holmes who owned the General Store here. He died in 2003 from cancer. He must have been a much loved man because volunteers raise thousands of dollars every year in his name for charitable organizations.
This year the proceeds go to the Gainey
Foundation. Not being a sports fan, Ross explained to me that Bob Gainey is to hockey what Harmon Killebrew is to baseball in Minnesota. He was at the Blues Fest and auctioned off some hockey jerseys. Anyway, the foundation is in honor of his wife who died of a brain tumor. And in honor of his daughter Laura who at the age of 25 was a crew member on a tall ship sailing from Nova Scotia to the Grenadas. It was late in the year and the ship was caught in a bad storm during which she was swept overboard and lost. Not wearing a safety harness or life jacket. Very sad. The Gainey foundation supports environmental arts programs for youth.
People had a great time and stayed all day, despite the pouring rain at one point.
The music and food went from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This guy was one of my favorites. I think he’s singing the blues because the only clean shirt he could find to go with his plaid shorts had stripes. This guy has got to be a bachelor who doesn’t live at home because no woman would let him out of the house wearing this combination.
Late in the day we found out the power had been restored to the Burleigh Falls lock so we will moving on in the morning.
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