The Parker brothers dispatched, the trouble continues to mount as Senator Hatcher's previously unknown health problem rears its head and he falls to the ground, grabbing a nearby rock for support. I guess it now makes sense why Mark was doing all of the paddling. A heart condition is no laughing matter, though I have to wonder if it was that big of deal, why didn't the Senator insist on someone else (say, Tim?) coming along with them, especially since he knew that he wouldn't be doing any paddling. Oh well. Better find those pills, Mark. Looks like he's going to need them (but at least there's plenty of water to wash them down). He's also going to need a ride to the hospital. (Maybe they should consider taking a speed boat or airplane.)
Finding no help from all of the other boaters on the lake, and unable to get any help from the Parker brothers, who have mysteriously disappeared, Mark paddles with all his might back to Ben's cabin. In fact, it would seem that the only ones actually coming to his aid are a couple of ducks (which I guess are better than the geese because the ducks seem to be actually able to fly). It is at this point that Ben wishes he had decided to take a walk in the woods after all because he really, really doesn't need this today (and he's probably hoping that that cup of coffee he gave the Senator earlier isn't to blame for his current condition as his coffee-making skills have never been the greatest). Oh well. You're a part of this now, Ben. Better just accept it and get on with your life.
Back at Ben's Mark tries to find the gravely ill Senator the fastest route to the hospital, only to find that there won't be any flights due to bad weather, which makes me wonder just how far away the city is from the Paradise Lake area. It looks like the only way to get the Senator to safety is to risk life and limb by taking the river right through the much-feared Devil's Pass. Oh Devil's Pass. The very name reminds me of a scene from
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra where the friendly farmer (who is soon after killed by the aliens' lost mutant) tells Paul and Betty Armstrong that to find their cabin all they have to do is "Stay on this road here, past Dead Man's Curve, you'll come to an old fence, called The Devil's Fence. From there, go on foot till you come to a valley known as The Cathedral Of Lost Soap. Smack in the center is what they call Forgetful Milkman's Quadrangle. Stay right on The Path Of Staring Skulls and you come to a place called Death Clearing. Cabin's right there, can't miss it." Looks like Mark is going to have quite the adventure, and if he manages to make it through the pass, he still has to get the Senator to the hospital, and considering that the trip is supposed to take a few hours, the condition of the older gentleman upon arrival may be a very big question mark (but no matter what his condition, he'll be needing that hospital, if only for identification purposes).
The Parker brothers dispatched, the trouble continues to mount as Senator Hatcher's previously unknown health problem rears its head and he falls to the ground, grabbing a nearby rock for support. I guess it now makes sense why Mark was doing all of the paddling. A heart condition is no laughing matter, though I have to wonder if it was that big of deal, why didn't the Senator insist on someone else (say, Tim?) coming along with them, especially since he knew that he wouldn't be doing any paddling. Oh well. Better find those pills, Mark. Looks like he's going to need them (but at least there's plenty of water to wash them down). He's also going to need a ride to the hospital. (Maybe they should consider taking a speed boat or airplane.)
Finding no help from all of the other boaters on the lake, and unable to get any help from the Parker brothers, who have mysteriously disappeared, Mark paddles with all his might back to Ben's cabin. In fact, it would seem that the only ones actually coming to his aid are a couple of ducks (which I guess are better than the geese because the ducks seem to be actually able to fly). It is at this point that Ben wishes he had decided to take a walk in the woods after all because he really, really doesn't need this today (and he's probably hoping that that cup of coffee he gave the Senator earlier isn't to blame for his current condition as his coffee-making skills have never been the greatest). Oh well. You're a part of this now, Ben. Better just accept it and get on with your life.
Back at Ben's Mark tries to find the gravely ill Senator the fastest route to the hospital, only to find that there won't be any flights due to bad weather, which makes me wonder just how far away the city is from the Paradise Lake area. It looks like the only way to get the Senator to safety is to risk life and limb by taking the river right through the much-feared Devil's Pass. Oh Devil's Pass. The very name reminds me of a scene from The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra where the friendly farmer (who is soon after killed by the aliens' lost mutant) tells Paul and Betty Armstrong that to find their cabin all they have to do is "Stay on this road here, past Dead Man's Curve, you'll come to an old fence, called The Devil's Fence. From there, go on foot till you come to a valley known as The Cathedral Of Lost Soap. Smack in the center is what they call Forgetful Milkman's Quadrangle. Stay right on The Path Of Staring Skulls and you come to a place called Death Clearing. Cabin's right there, can't miss it." Looks like Mark is going to have quite the adventure, and if he manages to make it through the pass, he still has to get the Senator to the hospital, and considering that the trip is supposed to take a few hours, the condition of the older gentleman upon arrival may be a very big question mark (but no matter what his condition, he'll be needing that hospital, if only for identification purposes).
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