My dream machine completely melted in the heat of the fire. I decided to rebuild her with a few minor improvements. I owned a Grumman freighter canoe that I bought when I first began designing furniture. I contacted the Grumman Company and
ordered another canoe just like the one I had. Canoes would have to do a better job than the humongous chunks of Styrofoam, I thought. I bought a new Honda 4-wheeler and a ten horse power Mercury outboard boat motor. I had to wait several weeks for the canoe to come from the Grumman factory; but when I had all the components for a new dream machine, I headed to Wilkerson Machine Shop. In a few days we reincarnated the dream machine.
My rig must have looked like a bad cloud coming up. Behind my truck — which was loaded with camping gear — I pulled a sixteen-foot, low-boy, tandem axle trailer. The 4-wheeler rode there and left plenty of room for the material we would gather. Behind that I pulled a trailer with the canoes. We got all the mess unloaded and I, without hesitation, drove into Red River.
WOW! That's all I could think as I put my new dream machine to the test. My helper added his approval; he kept shaking his head and uttering what I think was the Spanish equivelent of "DOUBLE-WOW!" Not only that; but everyone who ever saw my dream machine, said "WOW!"
