An Onshore Account, continued WELCOME NEW TCSD MEMBERS Mark Anderson Marty Anderson Victoria Barana Elva Bastida Amy Black Brett Bloom Kenneth Brown Sarah Buckheit John Carson James Casper Enrico Cecala Darren Chen Bruno Cirello Julie Clark Kira Cornelison Russell Cullins Abbie Davis Steven DeLaney Chris Donnager Brett Doyle Amy Eldridge Ethan Fisher Jeffrey Foy Frank Geraci Andrea Giometti Denise Gleavey Rick Gonzales Leonel Guerrero Adam Hale Glen Hawkins Rachel Hom Stephen Hom Kimberly Jeffries James Johnson Darin Jurasevich Mike Kelley Tracie Kivisto Karen Klimp Karl Kruse David Lee Conyee Lim Patricia Liston Wendy Lucero Mike Morgan Alexander Nguyen Allison Norris continued on page 17
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selected point. When I had awakened, I had felt jet lag and the dinner weighing me down, but I didn’t give them too much thought when we dove into the crystal-clear water and headed north about one hundred meters from shore. The gnawing feeling in my belly grew with each stroke, and after twenty minutes I realized at least one end of my GI tract was going to give up very soon. “Trevor,” I called to my brother several meters ahead of me. “I think the seafood last night is haunting me. I’m going to lose it in the water if I don’t get out.” “Do you want to return to the car?” “I don’t think I can wait that long. I’m going to swim ashore right here. Why don’t you continue with your planned swim and return for me in twenty minutes. Maybe this will pass.” As soon as he agreed, I headed for a small stretch of private beach surrounded by rocks and old coral. I ducked behind some trees and shrubs to take care of business. That solved the immediate emergency, but my gut wasn’t ready to enter the water again. I felt a wave of chill, and a few minutes later, a flush of fever. I didn’t know how sick I might become, but swim-
ming back to the car at the moment seemed to be an unrealistic option. The shoreline was largely rocks and coral rubble with scattered patches of sand, making a barefoot walk back on the shoreline nearly impossible. I looked for any nearby boats. A few sailboats plied the deeper water in the distance, but they couldn’t enter the shallows of the coral reef. How will I return to the car? As I endured another few minutes of chills and a roiling bellyache, I moved away from the water to a sandy, vegetated path that led to a large, well-kept bungalow. I stayed low to avoid anyone on the private property from noticing me. I was embarrassed to admit why I was unintentionally trespassing. I saw two SUV’s parked in a circular clearing, and three people seated at a table under a lanai about twenty meters away. The trade winds blew in my direction, carrying the sounds of their voices. I didn’t hear their words distinctly, but I guessed the two men and a woman were having a serious discussion over breakfast. I glanced again at the SUV’s, thinking maybe someone could give me a ride back to our rental car. The private roads to the estates on continued on page 17
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