Men's Gathering X

Photos from Roger Dugan's camera taken during the Men's Gathering in Feb 2011 at Lance Cooper's place below Norris Dam along the Clinch River.

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Steve, Judah


Listening intently. Luke, Larry, Cory, Timothy


Kerry Bryan starting one of his stories


Reese in a prayerful posture


Dave telling A fish story perhaps?


David, Jeff, and Jim look skeptical


Timothy, Jeff


Joe ... concentrating on something


Chef Larry


Norris Dam


'Nother dam photo


Powerhouse at Norris Dam


Lake behding the dam. Nice color contrasts


Marina at the dam. Note how much rock was blased away.


Dave on the dam


Electric Power Engineering Lesson: The thing in the middle with 3 big cans is an oil-filled circuit breaker, or OCB, for short. The red-tipped "ears" on the OCB are not called ears or insulators, but "bushings". The grooves in the bushings are called "skirts" and are not there for looks. They make the arc path longer to discourage "flashovers" of the bushing. The bottom end you don't see is pretty long, too. The gizmo on a pedestal in the lower left corner with the gray bushing is some sort of voltage transformer, or potential transformer, or PT for short. It monitors the voltage to ground on the outgoing line in this case, which I'm guessing is 92 kV for what is known as a 161 kV line. Obvious, huh? One term for the metal structures that hold everything in place is called lattice work. Now, that should be obvious.


River below the dam


looking down at the spillway


The backside of Steve Arnett


Brian Westphalen on the river


Kerry in a world of his own


Arnett again. Steve, why is that water around you green?


The bank fishermen: Reese, Jeff, and Larry


Reese getting ready for a might cast


Jeff making a cast. I was surprised the line actually showed up good in the photo.


Filet class just starting


Starting to cut one open


Man, this Gathering stuff is hard work. Judah and the Suggs gang.


Lance with the ax


Drew Still conducting fileting school


No, Larry, not yet.


Chef Larry makes a masterful cut. You could conduct a biology class from this one.


Some levity while preparing the fireplace.


Getting ready for a mighty swing.