A very old way of travel in Virginia may disappear for good after this
weekend: the Commonwealth's budget cuts have ended funding for the
pole-driven Hatton Ferry across the James:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1704410
See also
http://www.hattonferry.org/
I can't tell you how sorry I am to see this news.
--Jurretta
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"I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter."
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