Summer Camp
Copyright© 2011 by Cor
Episode 13: Getting ready...
A couple of days later, Jennifer came to see Lisa while Cabin 7 was in the dining hall, doing the breakfast dishes for the camp.
"Tomorrow, while your cabin and Pete's will be hiking to Brady Mountain, I want you to come with me to carry the gear to the island. I would have asked Pete but he already knows the island; we don't. It will give us the chance to explore the place as well. I talked with Pete, last night; he showed me the two landings and the position of the two campsites on the map. Don't forget to tell your cabin later today that you have to go into town tomorrow; we'll meet at my place at ten thirty, okay?"
When Lisa arrived at Jennifer's house a little after ten the following morning, she found the latter already hard at work loading a mini-van with blankets, foodstuffs and miscellaneous gear.
"Jeez, Jennifer ... did you raid a mountaineering outfitter's storehouse?"
Jennifer laughed. "Almost ... most of this stuff belongs to the girls' camp. We keep it in a warehouse over winter. Since no one was using it, I thought it would be ideal to bring it to the island. Pete was telling me there are a couple of metal storage closets next to the 12-camper site to store the food and gear so the animals can't get to them. These, however, are mine..."
She showed Lisa a small electric cooler running off a car cigarette lighter plug. Next to it was a 12 volt car battery and a solar cell battery charger.
"I picked up some soy burger patties for hamburgers, some soy dogs and some long duration milk the other day. They don't really need refrigerated storage that badly for short-term use but I'd feel better if they were kept cool."
When everything was packed, they closed the van and drove to the municipal pier midway between the girls' and the boys' camps. There, they transferred all the goods to a fair-sized motor boat.
"My uncle has a cabin on the far side ... whenever I have some free time, which isn't often, he lets me use it."
While Lisa undid the hawser, Jennifer started the motor and then they slowly headed out to the island. Coming into the cove near the 12-camper site, they saw that they would be unable to bring the boat, with its relatively deep draft, right up to shore. The two women looked at each other, shrugged and took their clothes off. Lisa, with the end of the hawser in hand, jumped into the water and tied the boat to a nearby tree. Then, as Jennifer handed down the goods, Lisa carried them ashore. When everything was ashore, Jennifer handed down her and Lisa's tennis shoes and jumped into the water as well.
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