So this morning, I get out of bed and wander into the living room....look out the window and over the water...and I don't see Gung Gung's boat. Is it hiding behind the tree? Where did it go? So right away I run to Paw Paw's room (Gung Gung went back to LA to check up on things there so he's not here now) and tell Paw Paw that the boat is missing. She doesn't believe me until she sees for herself....the boat is GONE!!! We go down to the beach to investigate and lo and behold...the boat has moved down two houses! But the tide is out so the boat is sitting on a bed of oysters. How are we going to move back? I'd come up with several different schemes to get it back...and I kept asking...so what's the plan guys? Anyhow, Clifford, our friend and general handy guy, helped us. When the tide came in enough, he put on his super high wading boots and walked our boat back to our anchor in front of the house. Phew. What a crazy morning!
Side note: Two days ago, we were out picking oysters and digging clams...right near the boat. The tide was out, of course, so we were really right there with the boat. And I did tell Paw Paw, hey...something is wrong with the rope. But Paw Paw didn't think I was near enough to the boat to see it and she knew that Gung Gung had just put on a new rope so it wouldn't be possible that something would be wrong with the rope. But....it wasn't the rope, but the clip that was bad. I was pretty close, no?
Here is Clifford walking the boat back...see, it really went missing.
1 comment:
Cameron, you are one smart kid. Gung Gung is very proud of you. I think you actually noticed the problem with the snap hook while you were picking oyster near the boat. With the many time you went out on the boat with GG and being so observant, you probably know more about operating the boat than anyone else besides GG. I have no doubt that in a few years when you get a little bigger sizewise, you will be able to start the motor, run the boat and shut it down and flush and clean the motor like GG is doing now.
See you in few days and we can go out again on the boat.
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