Boogie Down

As i grabbed the boogie
board, hopped on to get
past some rocks i started
to float down stream.
Feeling relaxed, a sort
of freedom. After a bit
i realized the water was
flowing faster that i thought
it would. I got off the board
started to go back to where
i came from. This was going
harder than than i had counted
on. If i could have let the board
go, it would have been much
easier, but that thought was
dashed. I could see the look
on my grandsons face if i had
done that. Option 2, go to the
beach i was closest to, thinking
then i would have to walk back
over a hill on the burning sand
barefoot. No cell phone, humm.
I struggled a while longer making
little head way. I stopped for a
very short rest, when a speed
boat came buy and the waves
that it created gave me a giant
boost. As i came around the cove
of rocks board in hand, wondering
what it would have been like just to
keep flowing down and see where
i would end up.