Key Witch by Robert Tacoma
Author:Robert Tacoma
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789085241522
Publisher: For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Published: 2005-12-31T16:00:00+00:00
10
Sara
The air was thick with anticipation. The wind had been throwing its weight around down south, but got stuck in weak high pressure traffic and wasn’t expected in till the late shift. Crews from the mainland swamps had worked all night bringing in extra humidity for the still air. The sun and heat got into another senseless argument, and everyone was steamed by lunch.
Josephine had needed to pee for the last hour, so she was really glad when the boat slowed down as they came up on the coastline. It didn’t look like what she’d expected though; miles of tall forest lined the edge of the land without a break. No buildings, or cars, or power lines even. Just solid trees. They’d seen a few other boats off in the distance on the long ride across Florida Bay, but not much else.
“I r-r-really got t-to pee!”
It wasn’t looking good for a convenient and clean public restroom to be appearing anytime soon, or she wouldn’t have said anything. Taco Bob told her they were coming into the channel for Lost Man’s Creek. He cut the engine down to idle, but left it running in neutral, before handing her a plastic bucket and going to the front of the boat. The mangrove trees up ahead of the boat looked exactly the same as the ones for several miles in each direction, but he gave them a good look anyway.
After Josephine had made herself comfortable, they eased slowly up the creek. It was mid-morning, but the mosquitoes were after them anyway as soon as they got up into the tree canopy.
“Them’s Red Mangrove trees, Josephine. There’s lots of little creeks all along the coast coming outta the ‘glades and the whole area’s thick with mangroves. So thick, not much else growing for a ways either.” Josephine was wondering how he had been able to tell where to go when she noticed he was glancing at a little thing the size of a cell phone velcroed onto the center console of the boat. She pointed to it.
“GPS. Satellite thing for finding your way. One of your better ideas for boats in a long time. I got some positions last time I was up in here. Should get us up in there without getting lost so much.”
He was right about the trees. Not much of any other vegetation growing up in there, the mangroves and their tangle of roots had a monopoly on that area of black mud, black water, and black mosquitoes.
It wasn’t too bad while they were running in the boat, but as soon as they slowed down it got hot. The trees gave plenty of shade, but there wasn’t a breath of breeze and the humidity was incredible. Soon they were both sweating and swatting mosquitoes. They put on insect repellent and it helped a little with the bugs.
The bottom of the engine bumped something, and Taco Bob raised the engine up a little and kept on. Before long the creek was
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