Invasion of the Road Weenies by David Lubar

Author:David Lubar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 2005-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

JUST DESSERTS

The nice thing about being a kid, as far as Dylan was concerned, was that he could sleep while the adults did the boring stuff like driving. So, even though it was tough waking up at four in the morning, he knew he could go back to sleep as soon as he got into his Uncle Harold’s car.

But it didn’t work that way. Uncle Harold, Cousin Roy, and Uncle Harold’s friends talked and laughed and carried on for the whole two-hour drive. All the way from home to the ocean, Dylan barely managed to get any sleep. He tried, but it was no use. When he finally managed to drift off, he felt Uncle Harold shaking him.

“Rise and shine, sleepyhead.”

“I’m up,” Dylan said, looking out the car window. They were parked next to a boat dock. A sign read: CHARTER TRIPS. BLUEFISH, WRECK FISHING, ALL-DAY OR HALF-DAY CHARTERS.

“That our boat?” he asked.

“Yuppers,” Uncle Harold said.

Dylan followed the others to the trunk of the car, where they unloaded their stuff. Dylan had brought a lunch his mom had made. It was in Uncle Harold’s cooler, along with a lot of other food. As far as Dylan could tell from the conversations he heard all around him, the men were almost as excited about eating as they were about fishing.

They boarded the boat, where they met the rest of the group. There were about fifteen people, altogether. Everyone seemed to know everyone else. This was Dylan’s first time out, but his uncle and cousin had been going on deep-sea trips for years.

“You’re gonna have a ball,” Uncle Harold said, slapping Dylan on the back.

“Great.” Dylan took a seat on a bench along one side of the boat. Roy plopped down next to him. The sky was brighter now. The sun washed the water with streaks of red. The boat cruised out of the dock area, then picked up speed.

“Will we be there soon?” Dylan asked.

“Yeah, just an hour or two.”

For an instant, Dylan figured he’d heard wrong. “Did you say an hour or two?”

“Sure thing,” Roy said. “Have to get out to the good spots.”

“We can’t just stop here and fish?” Dylan asked. He looked around. It was all just ocean. What did it matter where they went?

“Nope, have to find the fish,” Roy said. He nodded toward the cabin that was behind them. “Get something to eat from the cooler,” he suggested.

“I’m saving it for later,” Dylan said. He didn’t want to eat his lunch yet. It wasn’t even time for breakfast. He got up and wandered around the boat. It was kind of fun shooting across the water and bumping over the waves, but Dylan was pretty sure it would get boring after a couple of hours. He thought about taking a nap, but he doubted he could sleep on the boat while it was doing so much bouncing.

Dylan walked all the way around the boat. There were benches on each side. And there were tubes where people could put their rods.

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