US 421boat ramp loading dock South Holston Lake.jpg This photo shows the US 421 boat access area loading dock where birders will board two float boats for a wonderful Saturday morning after Thanksgiving Float Boat Field Trip looking for water birds on South Holston Lake. The Bristol Bird Club event will spend the morning birding areas of the the lake which are not otherwise easily birded from the shoreline. Birders boarding the two float boats will walk out onto the loading dock over a wide and secured walkway which has a safety handrail to provide stability and security. The float boats will be moored and secured to the dock at the middle walkway which has a safe and secure handrail so birders can maintain balance and confidence as they step aboard the boats at dock level. You do do not have to climb up or down onto the float boats. Due to the 18 birders who have made reservations, we will have persons to assist anyone boarding or disembarking boats. This will be the sixth such float boat field trip sponsored and provided for birders by the club in nearly 20 years. There will be more than enough life jackets and refreshments and the trip is free to all who have registered. (Photo by Wallace Coffey)