Did it come loose and simply drift off? That could have been bad! Did it just decide to head off on it's own to parts unknown? That didn't seem likely! Did it get stolen? Maybe........but come to think of it, stolen was the best scenario!
If you've ever peddled a paddle boat you will understand!
With a light rain beginning to fall, Craig suggested "You should take the boat and go look for it!" Smart guy! But, since I had planned to run around in the boat anyway, no problem. Whether it drifted or was hijacked, downstream seemed the most logical. Just past the island, I spotted it in another dock. Yep...Hijacked! While probably only 200 yards downstream, it probably took the perpetrators 3 hours to get there.
Ever eager to lend a hand though, he jumped in and we headed out to complete the "rescue" part of our search and rescue. As he later put it in a facebook post....
"So there we are, two grown men in their 50´s, playing in the rain, on a boat, wrangling a runaway.
50´s or not the smiles we wore most of the day said "12 years old".
This place brings out the Tom and Huck in all of us.
Come play with us!"
417.561.4179
(P.S. I'm pleased to report the operation to save the Haven's only remaining paddle boat was successful. Yeah!)
I guess life could be a lot worse.
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I can just see the perpetrators now....."Hey buddy, let's take this paddle boat. It's not locked up, it's ripe for the picking" Three hours and 20 feet later..."where can we get off this thing! Hey, there's a dock...." This gave me a good belly laugh!
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