Full Speed Ahead!

   Our contingent of couples took to the
water yesterday!
    No. We were not swimming.
    We pooled our resources, in our case
credit cards, and rented a pontoon boat
to conduct our own tour of Lake Seneca.
     Since one of our friends owns a
similar vessel we appointed him Captain.
      It was far more than an honorary title.
      His name and address appeared on
the liability paperwork and the rest of
us fully understood that, in case of an
accident, he would be required to go down
with the ship!
       Like Gilligan and the skipper, we were
prepared for just about anything.
       We had a horn, a whistle, flares, life
jackets and, most importantly, BLT
sandwiches to carry us through our voyage.
        Several passengers took turns at the
helm as we sailed along the 38 mile long
lake and over it's 600 plus feet deep water!
        Our vessel's depth gauge showed just
three and a half feet under the keel at one
point.......a reading we all questioned given
the average depth of 291 feet.
        Volunteers were sought to step out to
see if they could touch bottom. But, strangely,
there seemed to be no takers.
         There were suggestions we pay our
respects at a Naval Test Station in the
middle of the large lake. But the possibility
of outrunning a torpedo with a pontoon
boat seemed a bit risky ....so we abandoned
the idea.
         Our voyage back to port took us to the
other side of the lake to see how the rich, if
not famous, people live.
         It might have taken us a lot farther had
I not spotted a Blue Roof I pointed out as a
land mark when we initially began our voyage.
         And so, in an hour less time than the
Minnow's scheduled cruise we returned to the
dock from whence we left , safe, well fed, and
dry!
        Hope you have smooth sailing as you
tackle your day and that all your NEWS is
good.