THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXV

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXV

The lifeguard boat ran with the wind after making the turn to round the end of the San Clemente Pier, the only thing standing between the fast moving craft and the harbor opening into Dana Point’s yacht basin. The helicopters, Coast Guard boats and the yacht itself,...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXIV

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXIV

Gularte and I struggled in attempting to do anything but hang on to the sturdy, but very slippery chrome railing. There was nothing else to hold onto as the boat was being continuously beaten all along the port side of its hull by the pounding surf. “Down,” I yelled...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXI

In the morning I got up early.  My Marine green alpha uniform was all laid out in the other bedroom, the other bedroom that wasn’t Julie’s.  All that was missing was the rows of ribbons I’d removed after being on the base over a month in the past.  I went back into my...
THE COWARDLY LION,Volume Two, Chapter XIX

THE COWARDLY LION,Volume Two, Chapter XIX

The beach was abandoned, at the point where it preceded south from the state beach but not yet a part of the Trestles Beach portion. There the point stuck out into the ocean to create the conflicting broken sea environment that led to sometimes legendary surf, which...