Chapter 191

Saturday morning at 5 - things were humming. The 20 were in the meeting room getting the handouts with the directions and GPS units. Marcy issued the company credit cards that had arrived by special messenger yesterday and explained the record keeping that was required.

The four couples who were going to stay in Rochester each took a personal car while their mate drove one of the company marked cars.

The North six had left yesterday at noon, each driving an unmarked MAAR rental car that had just came from the up-fitters. They had everything that an unmarked police car had, including the 900 MHz radios; they could talk car to car while driving. Marcy had pulled the cars from our DC sites and they had DC tags. All but one would come back with the North six. Each site would have one unmarked car.

They had met up with Courtney and her group at Harrisburg and spent the night in Hazleton. They were leaving first thing this morning and were going to pick us up at the Rochester airport.

Mark and Cindy were piloting the rental truck with all the office equipment.

The North six were going to stay indefinitely. The six of us, plus Mark and Cindy, were flying back on Tuesday.

Courtney insisted that she wanted them there as long as she was, but recommended that they stay as long as possible to help train the new office people. They had become whizzes at the computer systems, including the tough time keeping system. They were going to get the same pay package as the twenty employees, and also the out of town allowance.

We saw the caravan off then I made breakfast for Jenny, Vicky, Ching Lee, Marcy, Jason and myself. Jason was going to help set up the office then he was going to check out a hunting lodge and commercial hunt group for a moose hunt in the fall. If it was up to his expectations he was booking a hunt for himself, Dad, the Judge and Joey.

I never expected that Joey would get the hunting bug. She had been going to the gun club with Jason since the weather had warmed up and had gotten very good a busting clay targets with ease with a 12 gage.

The first time she had practice shooting with a rifle big enough for moose and elk, she came in with the side of her face bruised from the recoil but she was smiling and proud of it, and especially proud of the targets with hits in the bull's eye.

Joey also had a fish at a taxidermist being mounted. Her first rock fish out of the bay was a keeper. Dad, Mom and Judge Slaughter were doing more fishing than ever since Joey had been moved in with them. They went every weekend and one night a week after dad got home from work.

By the time Dad got home, the boat was already in the water, fueled, bait was cut and waiting on him with a cooler full of drinks and beer and if it was on Wednesday the Judge would be there too.

I sat and watched Jenny go back for second helping of bacon and scrambled eggs. Jason noticed also, the expression on his face. Jenny caught the exchange of expressions. "I can't help it; I'm hungry, besides BJ makes the best scrambled eggs. I will work if off in the gym later."