THEY HEAD OUT TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS the next morning after his father unhitches the Camino from the travel trailer. Sheldon and John opt to stay at the campground, ostensibly to look after the dogs but really, the Kid knows, to hang out by the pool and hit on girls. After being admitted to Universal they board a tram which consists of several passenger cars linked together, all of which have canvas roofs with crenulated skirting that remind him of the awnings at Kentucky Fried Chicken only colored blue and white. Although he is primarily thinking about Tilly he is floored when the tram pauses on a bridge overlooking a swampy, boggy waterway, knowing even before the tour guide announces it that he is looking at the Black Lagoon itself. The guide goes on to describe how the waterway is entire
