Blue
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Chapter 3
I have heard it said that the drive from Townsend to Helena is scenic. It’s a lie. 287 is flat, slightly up hill, on the right one can see the lake ... for an instant. After that glimpse it’s boring. The Spokane Hills obscure the view.
On the left is a sandy loess fairly flat northernly plain trending west to low hills rapidly ascending to rocky and sparsely treed low mountains. If one is driving ... behind the wheel and one thinks it’s scenic then one is sure to have an accident ... because one is NOT watching the road.
The lake is where it is because of soil erosion and wind. The dam was built to control flooding and soil loss. Instead of seasonal floods the lake is wet all the time.
However, should one return to US12 and turn off at Sand Hill Road one can travel the length of the lake with nary a sniff of dead fish or gull shit. It is as equally boring and it’s dusty ... and flat ... high plains flat.
And, if it should just happen that one graduated from Montana State, and an adjunct professor of ornithology and her husband had been a supplier of certain illegal substances and became great friends ... almost an Aussie ‘mate’ ... with a certain anthropology/English/MSU alumnus musician ... it might be possible to borrow the good Doctor’s sailboat that was docked at Goose Bay Marina.
If Kathy and Ernie weren’t using it. Make no mistake ... KATHY and Ernie ... never vice versa. Kath always comes first. Heh Heh Heh
And IF they were using it ... it might be possible to call said sailboat on the Goose Bay ship to shore radio and have them pick up that certain anthropology/English/MSU alumnus musician ... and his female companion ... and they would and did. Well ... they were already on the north shore at Kim’s marina so we drove to the Dam Bar and Grill, treated K&E to a prime rib dinner, bought beer and ice at Kim’s and took the boat to the Wednesday Evening races.
Motor boat crew cannot drink alcoholic beverages while under-weigh ... it’s the LAW. Sailboat under sail? The statutes say MOTOR...