Here's pictures of the traveling call. The old girl shows a season's worth of wear...She's been rode hard and put away wet. We had planned to CA finish her at the turn-a-thon, but a lot of us felt that cleaning up all the names so they look new and putting a shiny finish would destroy the character, which is part of the story of a traveling call. I hope that most/all of the participants in this year's traveling call concur with that decision. A lot of the names are faded, but all are legible.
The journal is incuded in the pictures. It has numerous mallard tail curl feathers in it, taped in there by a number of the guys along the way. The journal is great, as it shows a lot of peoples' passion for waterfowling and it is a great example of the friendship and brotherhood that so many of us have forged on this site. Some folks really wrote a lot...Multiple pages.
She's on her way to you Al. Display her with pride and the knowledge that there are a ton of callmakers that appreciate the THO site more than we can possibly express.
Aaron
(at the turn-a-thon I asked Bob "Bassnfool" Espy to turn a display stand for the traveling call, and he did a nice one)
