Tim tries valiantly to get Mark on his side, but Mark, well, Mark does things his way and he isn't going to go give his support to something he's never seen before just because a friend says it's important. That, my friends, is just not how things are done, not in Lost Forest anyway. Luckily, Tim seems to have anticipated this and wants Mark to meet Senator Hatcher (who is no longer Senator Hawkins and who I'm afraid is also no longer Mr. Tuggle, who is apparently just a man who likes to canoe and fish). Looks like Mark and the Senator are going to be heading to the lake, but there could be trouble. It seems that poor old Senator Hatcher hasn't been doing too well lately (could it have something to do with the mysterious blonde woman who looks like another blonde woman who looks like a certain dark-haired beauty with a thing for intrepid outdoorsmen?), but that's not going to keep him from hitting the lake, no siree bob.
And so we finally meet Senator Hatcher (who appears to be a slimmer version of Senator Wallace, enemy to wildlife everywhere and friend to speedboats). Choosing a sturdy canoe, the two set off on their adventure, and it is only when they're in the middle of the lake, and thus have gone too far to turn back, that the wily Senator Hatcher tells Mark that he'll have to do most of the work today. Mark doesn't seem to mind one bit, though, so I guess it's okay. It's just too bad that there wasn't room enough for the Jack Elrod Ball to hitch a ride (but on the plus side, it floating around beside the canoe makes it look like an anti-escape orb from
The Prisoner). What they should be really concerned about, however, is the giant duck that they're about to ram. I don't know about you, but I'd be wary of that beak. Ducks bite, and if our paddlers have any kind of bread with them, well, watch out!
Ok. I guess they might not have reached the lake yet. In fact, they might have just been on a river or something that people use to get to the lake (even though it looked like they were on a lake, but what are you going to do? Nothing. Nothing at all.), and now it's time for everyone's favorite activity: portaging, where balance and slippery rocks can cause accidents of hilarious proportions (not that I think that Mark will fall, of course, because I want to believe that he's done this on more than one occasion and would therefore know just what to do). I am a little worried about those two geese, though, who seem to have decided to take a migration route that goes through Devil's Pass. You know, that's just the sort of place where something bad could happen, and it would be a real shame to lose those two, even if they don't seem to have the best flying abilities. (Speaking of birds, I miss the Avians.)
Tim tries valiantly to get Mark on his side, but Mark, well, Mark does things his way and he isn't going to go give his support to something he's never seen before just because a friend says it's important. That, my friends, is just not how things are done, not in Lost Forest anyway. Luckily, Tim seems to have anticipated this and wants Mark to meet Senator Hatcher (who is no longer Senator Hawkins and who I'm afraid is also no longer Mr. Tuggle, who is apparently just a man who likes to canoe and fish). Looks like Mark and the Senator are going to be heading to the lake, but there could be trouble. It seems that poor old Senator Hatcher hasn't been doing too well lately (could it have something to do with the mysterious blonde woman who looks like another blonde woman who looks like a certain dark-haired beauty with a thing for intrepid outdoorsmen?), but that's not going to keep him from hitting the lake, no siree bob.
And so we finally meet Senator Hatcher (who appears to be a slimmer version of Senator Wallace, enemy to wildlife everywhere and friend to speedboats). Choosing a sturdy canoe, the two set off on their adventure, and it is only when they're in the middle of the lake, and thus have gone too far to turn back, that the wily Senator Hatcher tells Mark that he'll have to do most of the work today. Mark doesn't seem to mind one bit, though, so I guess it's okay. It's just too bad that there wasn't room enough for the Jack Elrod Ball to hitch a ride (but on the plus side, it floating around beside the canoe makes it look like an anti-escape orb from The Prisoner). What they should be really concerned about, however, is the giant duck that they're about to ram. I don't know about you, but I'd be wary of that beak. Ducks bite, and if our paddlers have any kind of bread with them, well, watch out!
Ok. I guess they might not have reached the lake yet. In fact, they might have just been on a river or something that people use to get to the lake (even though it looked like they were on a lake, but what are you going to do? Nothing. Nothing at all.), and now it's time for everyone's favorite activity: portaging, where balance and slippery rocks can cause accidents of hilarious proportions (not that I think that Mark will fall, of course, because I want to believe that he's done this on more than one occasion and would therefore know just what to do). I am a little worried about those two geese, though, who seem to have decided to take a migration route that goes through Devil's Pass. You know, that's just the sort of place where something bad could happen, and it would be a real shame to lose those two, even if they don't seem to have the best flying abilities. (Speaking of birds, I miss the Avians.)
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