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by Lasthorseman
Grampy is still the king. His eyes light up when he sees me. We have some time to kill before we can check into the campground so we head for the boardwalk. I watch him savor the beauty of sand dunes and beach grass ten feet below us. We arrive at the peak of the last dune and look out at the Atlantic Ocean. I say "Do you like the beach?" He melts my heart by looking at me with those wide innocent eyes and says it, beach, for the first time in his life.
We check in and get settled just in time for the rain. For my extended family four trucks towing RVs has become the last bastion of fun in an insane world. We also contemplate the mutually understood yet more ominous other purpose, circling this modern day wagon train at the "secure/remote/safe" area should things really go south.
http://www.bu.edu/dbin/neidl/en/resources/ Showers keep us close to the campers for the rest of the day except for quick walks to check out the tides. It is pre-season so the beach is full of all manner of both natural and man-made crap. Driftwood, seagrass, dock parts, Dasani and other brand name plastic containers, a hypodermic needle and a condom were all to be found at the high tide mark. Do I recall it being this much of a mess in prior years.....don't think so. Back in the camper I attempt to finish "Superclass". http://www.amazon.com/Superclass-Global-Power-Elite-Making/dp/0374272107 More on that a little later.
The needle was alarming but also very strange was Saturday morning's "F-ugly Foam". Getting up at five-thirty in the morning we all took the awnings in because the wind started rocking the campers. We had to head out and see the wind whipped angry ocean crash into the sand leaving this strange and persistent ugly brown foam. Yes ocean waves normally generate some brown foamy bubbles yet I have never in my lifetime seen them hold together and shall I say persist for long periods of time. It looked like cans of that spray foam insulation you get from Home Despot. Ya'll know where I'm going with this, don't ya. Persistent foam, how come, what for, why and why now. The night ends with the evening campfire. Tom asks if I got any of his emails and I go "huh". I say, not surprised, I think I have my own "staff" already chasing my internet exploits. I point to the sky and say, see that is my satellite!
And the campfire crowd burst out laughing.
The final question remains. Bitch at me all you want for being so un-Green PC wise but this American peasant knows his grandson will have a shitty life, why because some fat cat needs a new Gulfstream. I remain a thorn is his profit margin carbon trading ponzi scam PR campaign by not buying it. |
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Fugly Foam | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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