“Yeah! I’m ready!” I respond with too much emphatic enthusiasm.
So much for playing it cool.
“Okay, good. I’d thought we’d check out the beach and enjoy the cove for a bit before heading back.” he says.
“That sounds perfect, this place is amazing.” I reply.
Grinning like a school boy, he whips off his tee shirt, kicks off his sandals, grabs a blanket from the storage box, and collects two beers out of a cooler.
“I can carry this stuff.” he says moving towards the rear of the boat.
We both take turns easing ourselves over the rail, lowering each other carefully down the narrow ladder into the water below. The sandy bottom makes for an easy walk onto the beach, the air cool and quiet except for the gurgling of the stream nearby. It takes two of us to spread the large blanket, an old qu
