Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 60
OK ... it’s not like I’m new to the Lakes. Mom loved ‘em ... they were where we went when looking for Dad got to be an overbearing burden. Basilisk was home ported in Pentwater. There aren’t all that many places where a big catamaran can sail in western Virginia ... or east Tennessee. Oh ... there are impoundments but ... up to speed and turn around isn’t much fun. But ... I was a kid when Mom hired the first crew and sent us down the Saint Lawrence.
“See the world, kids.” Was the last thing I remember her saying.
We did ... five times.
Well ... I did. Cynthia and JW? They were about 4 and a half circumnavigations when I left Prospekt Sholokhova, 272, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344009 for Moscow ... for 49 bucks.
The thing about big water? It’s water. Salt, brackish or fresh ... it’s water. AND ... if you can’t see land in any direction ... it’s an ocean ... even if it’s a lake. It gets old ... and new.
We ... the three of us ... left Ludington on the tide ... not that there’s much of a tide ... there’s not ... but old habits die hard. We left with the tide.
Bea said, “Not Beatrice ... Bea ... and NOT B-e-e ... Mom was a little religious ... Beatitude Simmons.”
I had a thought...
“Thinking like that could find you overboard.”
“Yes, ma’am ... not Tudie ... B-e-a ... got it.”
She grinned.
“Whoa, Surprise ... you may have saved my life ... B-E-A. What happened with your sister?”
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