We're ready and off we go. Dad takes the point,
then, in line, Suzanne, me, and Mother.
Instead of the trail that winds up and around the top of the island, we
head straight across, passing other campsites. We say hello to people
camping along the trail.
We stop to listen to a woman strumming a guitar. She is singing 'On
top of Ol' Smokey....' We gather round and join in the singing. We
wave good-bye and move along.
We see a man with a camera; he is taking photographs of flowers. We
stop to watch. We leave him and return to the trail where it opens into a
field. We follow the trail across a hill to Point Nemo, and from there to
the Point Nemo Lighthouse.
At the lighthouse it's time for lunch. Dad spreads a big checkered cloth
on the ground and Mother takes the sandwiches and drinks from our
knapsacks. We have lunch, rest, and sing songs. It's time to explore.
Climbing down to the beach near the lighthouse we run to the water's
edge. Suzanne and I take our shoes off and race each other through
waves that tumble over themselves on their way in. After a while we stop
running so that our breath can catch up with us.
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