After all, the first thing I saw after turning into West Neck yesterday was a boat with its cowling removed, and the tow vehicle's driver leaving in what looked like it might be a fit of anger. My guess would be that this fella had let his boat sit all winter without so much as a look, and then decided to go fishing yesterday without even a cursory check of the essentials...starting with the batteries. And, furthermore, he probably figured it should take off and run like a champ. Right? Wrong!
This cycle gets repeated countless times each and every year. Why everyone doesn't eventually learn their lesson is beyond me, but they don't.
That fact aside, I received another text from the same friend this morning, saying, "It's a zoo out here!"...of which, I have no doubts, especially considering the weather prediction for even warmer temps today than yesterday. He evidently needed to see it to believe it, though.
Just so happened that, while I was doing a little cleanup on my boat yesterday, a couple friends stopped by, one of whom is my tournament partner. He was telling me that he had gone by Pungo Ferry before stopping by West Neck and that both parking lots were filled to overflowing. That info, combined with what I had seen for myself upon turning into West Neck, quickly convinced me I should leave my boat parked in its storage shed until some point after this weekend, which is what I had planned all along.
The last thing I'm ever looking for is another lesson in dealing with frustration...most notably one caused by someone else--like a guy who has the ramp tied up and no clear solution in sight. I encounter enough of those by accident to know better than to go looking for one on purpose.
Suffice it to say the only thing I possibly could be talked into this moment would be to take my camera and go shoot photos of all the failures that are certain to occur at boat ramps around the local area again today. However, even that is too painful a thought.
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