Well, it’s been a slow week here in Purgatory Cove. There was some activity earlier in the week. We got a case of longnecks courtesy of those tow boat fellas. Couldn’t figure out why at first, as they kinda refuse to come into the cove anymore. We sat out by the bait shed trying to figure out why the gift, while samplin’ of course.
Then we remembered what it might be. The channels near the cove and across the flats outside isn’t marked by any of them fancy coast guard buoys. So we take it upon ourselves to mark the channels ourselves now and then.
Wade usually does it. He spends some time gathering up branches, poles and old pipe to use as markers. He’d got all that stuff together but decided to go hunting instead of doin’ the markers. Lefty kept pestering Sam to let him do it and Sam finally broke down and said okay.
Lefty took the work boat out with Wade’s markers. He was gone a fair bit longer than Wade would have been but comes back into the cove satisfied with his day’s work. Funny thing was, traffic in the cove dropped way down after that. Hardly any boats were comin in or out. We got some of those kayak folks in and a canoe or two but that was about it.
Sam and Wade, who was back from his huntin’ trip by now, suddenly realized why Lefty was called Lefty. Sam asked Lefty which side of the channel he put the markers on. Lefty, of course, raised his left hand. Wade busted out laughing ‘cause he always put the markers on the right hand side of the channel.
Well it was gettin’ along towards dark and the dock was moving a fair bit after all that samplin’ so Wade allowed how he would go out tomorrow and change them over to the proper side of the channel. Next morning, Wade was out in the work boat changin the markers. Funny thing, them tow boat fellas kept tryin’ to run Wade off. It took him twice as long to set the markers, what with havin’ to keep dodgin’ them tow boat fellas. Next thing we noticed was that traffic in the cove picked right up again.
Other than that, it’s been a slow week here in Purgatory Cove.
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