Destination Everest

A few months ago Russ was pursuing AirBnB just to see what all the hubbub was about. There is no person on earth who would dislike staying in someone’s house while they were home more than Russ Lange, so I thought it was an interesting exercise. As he flipped through listings I paid little attention to him since I’m sure I was busy stitching some untimely Christmas ornament. That was until he came upon an 80 foot yacht mored in Beaufort, NC.
“Boats, you can stay on a boat?” I asked. Russ showed me the picture. Hmmm… “Is it renting a sofa on someone’s boat to sleep on?” Apparently you can rent whole boats by the night. So we decided what the hell, let’s try it.
Russ did all the planning, the contacting, the paying, the communications, instruction getting, everything. I was just going to be the girl on the boat. Carter invited her friend Ashley to come and be one of the girls on the boat. We were set. As the weeks passed we all got more and more excited. Carter studied the website, planning her jump from the aft deck into the river in the videos.
Then this week Russ came home from work with the bad news that he had two work conflicts and was not going to be able to spend the whole week on the boat. OH NO! This was his plan, his trip. So today Carter, Ashley and I set off without him. We arrived too early so we were forced to shop in the very cute Beaufort shops while we waited for the appointed time to be given our yacht. At last it came.
It was bigger than I imagined. Soon us three girls were in our bathing suits jumping off the back of the boat and floating in the salty river as much smaller vessels putted by us. The serenity of Carrot Island, an island inhabitant only by a heard of wild horses, is our view across the river. We were in heaven as Ashley thanked us over and over again for bringing her.  
I was just sad that Russ was missing the trip he had planned so meticulously. As I sit on the upper deck writing this in the dark night with a cool breeze blowing slowly by me I pray that tomorrow brings good weather and Russ to get a chance to spend his 24 hours in paradise.