Chapter Twenty-six
Heartache
As Andrew grew, he came to love and appreciate Esther Bay, a wonderful and enchanting place. The bay entrance was formed by a high rocky peak giving way to cliffs on the west and a low-lying sand spit on the east. The opening to the bay was barely fifty yards wide. The bay extended back about ¾ of a mile on the west side along the rocky cliffs. The dock that Andrew’s great uncle built was at the back of the bay at the end of the cliff where the water was deepest. Even at low tide, the edge of the dock had thirty feet of water for the boats to safely be moored.
The ramp to the dock was built with steel I-beams supporting heavy timber decking. At the dock ends of the I-beams, Milt had attached large aluminum rollers, which traveled along the dock in an eight-i
