Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 47
Just before she nodded off she said ... cryptically, “262 is better.”
I nudged a trifle south. We were immediately flying over forest sprinkled with clear square spots ... most clear spots had a house or two.
This part of Michigan is rolly ... not particularly hilly ... ripples. Leftovers from the retreating Wisconsin Episode ... terminal moraines ... accumulated waste ... the more moraines the more halting the glacial was subjected to. Evidently, Michigan suffered from a slow ice shield retreat. Calving ice created ice bergs that became Michigan’s inland lakes.
Lots of rolling wavy hills with many lakes. The closer to the Michigan westcoast the Goose flew the more visible ancient beaches. Lake Michigan was lots bigger during the glacier retreat. We flew over a small lake that matched the lake that David had me look up on Google.
“Junior ... wake up.”
“Wassit?” She groaned.
“I think we’re here.”
“Okay.” But not really.
“I can’t land ... wait ... water ... not land?”
“Alighting ... but seaplane pilots call it landing ... or water landing ... alighting is the correct term ... but...”
“Saves confusion?” I said.
“Yup ... no longer flying ... but not crashed.”
“Ah ... the important distinction ... not crashed.”
“The big lake is littered with failed carrier landings.”
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