Montana Woods N Water June 2016 Print Edition | Page 21

TONY REBO UNLEASHED CONTINUED
I left my wife at the dock as I couldn’t take her rolling around on
the ground laughing any longer. I tried to put as much distance
between us so I couldn’t hear the constant sound of “hey just
watch this”. Ha ha ha ha.
I walked half way around the lake when my boat motored by. I
quickly turned the boat with the hand held control and within a
moment my boat was on its way to pick me up. I had to find a log
on the water’s edge to crawl out on so the boat could just swing
by and I would step up on the boat just like in the commercial.
That has got be the fake, it doesn’t work like that. My boat swung
up, I stepped from the log and maybe accidently pressed a button,
still not sure, but my boat took a hard right turn and I stepped out
into emptiness, nothing but water.
I swam back to shore and was cursing at the boat. I stood on the
bank soaking wet, I glanced back at my wife who was now pointing
at me and howling. She had established a small crowd and they
were all laughing in unison. I hate crowds!
My soaking wet remote didn’t want to work at this moment or at
least my boat wasn’t responding. I had no choice but to go back to
the truck and get out the operation manual. As I passed the small
crowd my wife was leading them in a cheer “hey just watch this”.
I read the short version and returned to the water’s edge with the
remote. The small crowd was now much larger and my wife was
now the mayor of this community. I walked right past all the bantering and snide remarks. I would surely show them. I stood on the
water’s edge pointing my remote in the direction that my boat
was last seen. Another hour went by and some fisherman had returned to the dock and the fishermen were telling the community
members about an unmanned boat out on the water traveling in
circles. The boat seemed to be possessed because the fishermen
said that every time they got close to it, the unmanned boat would
turn away and travel off. The mayor and the community members
were now holding signs that read “Hey just watch this”.
Late in the day, just as I was about to give up my boat swung by for
a visit, I pointed the hand held devise at the boat and it came to
rest at the dock. I quickly tied the boat to the dock and boarded
her. A flashing light was blinking on the I-pilot motor, “low
battery”. Figures……
So if it wasn’t for fishing, I might have become a porn star. The
crowd would still be chanting : “Hey just watch this!”.

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