[Rhodes22-list] Treasure Island - part two

[Leland]

Jerry,

Excellent story!  Grandkids couldn't be cuter.  Morton salt?

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent Island, MD



cjlowe-2 wrote:
> 
> At 8:45pm , the grandsons,Caeden--4yrs old ,and Thomas--2yrs old,came
> bounding thru the door,wearing their life preservers and dragging their
> swim vest.Niki (Mom), said we would have been here sooner,but it took a
> little time to rip the PFD off of Thomas ,so he would fit in his car seat
> to come here.We soon got to find out for ourselves,as bedtime came,but a
> bribe of grandma's cookies was an effective lever.
>  Oh,yeah, Grandma read part one after I posted it last night,and thought I
> went a little heavy on the Grandma,who will hereafter be known as my
> darling wife(MDW)!
>  The next morning ,I was mugged in my bed by 2 PFD wearing boys who wanted
> to know if I always got up before the sun came up.A quick breakfast,while
> MDW packed the picnic lunch,and then we were off to the lake,which is
> about 35- are we there yets -away. Upon arrival,MDW dropped me off the at
> the dock with a bag full of goodies,and then parked the car and walked
> back to the dock with the boys to give me a head start to tie a thread
> attached to a miricle whip jar to the dock ,so it would drift behind
> Country Rhodes.MDW and the boys came down the dock and jumped in the
> boat.I put both boys up on the port seat looking aft and holding the
> stern rail ,while I readied the motor and took off the tiller cover,eagle
> eye Caeden spotted a bottle in the water just after I finally pointed and
> said " what is that". Caeden said "I don't know,but I'm not touching IT."
> As I reached for the jar,I thought to myself " My , this is going well".
> Once the jar was inside the boat,the boys became fearless,and a fight
> ensued to see who would open the jar.The jar opened, the map laid out
> ,and the note read,I declaired "I think I'll be a pirate today,who wants
> to be a pirate?" Both boys agreed,once I broke out the pirate hats MDW
> keeps on the boat for just such occasions.Caeden put on his hat,grabbed
> the map and said lets go grampa.Thomas put on his hat,took off his
> hat,stumbled down into the cabin and proceeded to flip every switch,turn
> every knob,and unstow everything that was stowed.I sighed and pulled the
> starter cord.
> The pic are,in no  real order,the boys chomping at the bit to go,The
> jar,and pirates unlimited.
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