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Who Was I Fooling? - Part 4
The year was 2009
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Garreth, Belle, Micah, and I drove to the airport together in Garreth's Explorer. None of us could believe our fortune at being able to make this trip on such short notice.
Garreth's uncle owns a marina in Oriental, which is a half hour east of New Bern on the Neuse River. Garreth's whole family were serious sailers and they all grew up on the water. In summers, Garreth ran light tackle and fishing charters for his Uncle on the Neuse River. He also worked as captain or crew transporting boats up and down the inter-coastal waterway.
We were heading into a three day weekend when Garreth's uncle called him because he was in a bind. He needed someone to transport a boat he'd just acquired. It was in a marina in near Newport News, Virginia. Garreth's Uncle asked him to bring it down to his marina in Oriental via the Intracostal Waterway. All of his Uncle's normal guys were busy and he needed the boat there within the week. He asked Garreth if he wanted to do it.
The boat was a pretty sizeable luxury power catamaran-- a motorboat with two parallel hulls. Garreth had captained a boat that big on several occasions, but never in the ICW. He told his Uncle he would do it if he could bring a few friends to act as hands. His Uncle said that would be acceptable as long as he would give him his word that there would be no alcohol or weed. None of us were into that anyway, so that was not an issue.
Garreth asked Belle, Micah, and I to join him. By some miracle, we were all free and the weather was going to be gorgeous all weekend. After school on a Thursday afternoon, we drove to the airport. A client of Garreth's uncle offered to fly us on his twin engine private plane up to the Newport News - Williamsburg airport. From there, we took a cab to the marina, and then boarded the boat. The boat was basically a luxury vessel.
We cast off and were underway before 4:30 PM. After traveling an hour or so, we managed to tie up for the night at the free docks just outside of Portsmouth.
While the guys did the navigation and handled the boat, Belle and I cooked dinner from supplies we bought in Newport News. Belle said quietly, "Garreth and I have made a pact. We're going to use this trip to explore some things we've both been curious about. We're both ready to try some of the stuff we'd be afraid of getting caught doing back at home."
This intrigued me. Belle knew my entire relationship with Micah was built around exploration, but she never really talked about what her relationship with Garreth was like. Belle could be like an onion that way.
"I know you two explore all the time, so I'm sure you'll get it. This trip, however, will be big ticket exploration for us." I was now doubly intrigued. "Can I have your word-- your absolute best word of honor, that you won't tell anyone what happens on the boat? That what happens with Garreth and I will stay on the boat?"
"Of course," I replied.
"What are you going to try?" I asked.
From the way I asked it, she knew she had me hooked.