 He points out that there are no roads except the railroad across the river from town. Everything used to build the fishing camps on his side of the river was boated across. His boat is an oak wood john boat that he made with his own hands. I just learned to make them just from old, everybody around, you know, worked on stuff. A bunch of them made john boats, just didn't make them like these. You have to fit everything on these when you make them. They're good boats.