[Rhodes22-list] Treasure Island - part three

[Ron Singerman]

Jerry,

This is "priceless".  I can't wait for the next installment.

>>ron<<
S/V Serenity

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> We tossed off the dock lines,cracked the whip and got all 6 Nissanian
> horses into a mellow trot thru the no wake zone. Thomas shouts "go faster
> grandpa" .To which I explain about the no wake zone,how the wake will
> erode the shore and make the boats bang around in their slips. Thomas said
> "ok, go faster grandpa".It's becomming apparent that this boy has been to
> the Dark Side.We get down the channel and thru the cut to the main lake
> and I head straight for the island,which is hard to see because it's close
> to the far shore and the trees on the island blend in with the trees on
> the shore.I explain to the boys that an island is a spit of land that has
> water all the way around it.After two laps around the island,Caeden points
> at it and says "is that it grandpa?".
> "Good job,Caeden,now we need to find the beach that is on the map." gramps
> said.Two more laps with gramps saying "do you see anything that looks like
> a beach" when it came into view. Caeden is starting to get discouraged and
> finally says "grandpa,I don't see any thing that looks like Myrtle Beach.
> Thru his eyes ,he was right. The beach we were looking for was about 20
> feet wide and three feet deep,not quite up to Myrtle's standards. Since we
> still had half a tank of gas,and a couple hours of daylight left,we kept
> circling in a holding pattern while I went on to explain that beaches
> could be small,and not only have sand,but maybe some gravel and maybe a
> few fallen down trees and maybe a big rock on the left hand side,with a
> sign above it that says- Harry's duck blind - .THERE,Caeden shouted,which
> roused Thomas from the cabin,where he had long since busied himself with
> switch ,knob and stowage issues.We backed up within 10 feet of the
> beach,threw out the hook,and dropped the gang plank(swim ladder).The boys
> were ready to pillage and plunder,but weren't real sure about how deep
> that water was,at the end of the gang plank.Turned out to be knee deep,to
> a two year old. The map was readied, the diggers were hoisted,it's off to
> Treasure Island.
> Pics, Treasure Island,Let the pillage begin,Into the murky depths
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