October 16, 2017. Canyon Lake, Texas. Stolen.

David was shocked.  Early Sunday morning, David decided to go fishing.  His fishing excursion on Saturday late afternoon was so successful that he had left the kayak and the paddle down by the water, to be ready early the next morning.  But when David walked to the water,  the kayak was no where to be seen.  Someone had stolen it along with the paddle.  He was upset on many levels.  The kayak belonged to one of the girls.  And he now knows that someone around here is a thief.

They have been leaving the boats down to the water for the past 22 years.  Nothing has ever been stolen.  He has always left the jet boats in his driveway with the keys in the ignition.  Nothing has ever happened to them,  except last Spring, someone borrowed them in his absence.  He discovered the boats had been parked a bit differently than normal.  And one had no gas in the tank.

When thinking about it, David usually leaves the boats by the shore when there were lots of people in their houses in the summer.   Right now, the row of homes are empty.  A man was anchored in our cove when David was fishing.   In the fishing community,  speaking to each other is the norm but the man in the bass boat did not say a word when David paddled in,  even though David spoke to him.   Now David knows to bring the boats into the yard.  It is a nuisance but necessary.    Having things stolen is irritating.  We all must be more careful now.