Sure enough, the women on the dock yelled up to Ashley sitting in a lawn chair, “We’re going to go for a ride. We’ll be right back. Ashley and the others burst out laughing and both women on the dock stuck out their middle fingers at the others and the guys offered their hands and helped them aboard. To state the obvious; they were all grins. The guys released the lines and the motor rumbled to life. Their boat practically leaped away from the dock and they sped off down the lake at high speed.
Then the fun started. Because they were showing off, neither of the guys noticed the Marine Patrol boat cruise into the middle of this part of the lake. He was probably curious about the boat parade. His blue lights went on immediately and he took off after the boat. They didn’t even get out of this part of the lake before they coasted to a stop. I watched the ranger tie up to the two guy’s boat. There was no secret as to why he pulled them over. There were laws against speed within so many feet of shore and they were going way too fast. He held them up for twenty minutes as he checked for a fire extinguisher and life vests, which they apparently didn’t have. His boat drifted away from their boat and I could see he was writing them a ticket. The two women sat in the stern with their arms crossed under their boobs. They were obviously pissed off. The guys were dejected and were talking into the other’s ear.
Ashley and her remaining friends were all standing on the dock watching what was going on. They were laughing at the situation. I felt bad for the guy’s misfortune but they brought it on themselves. When the Patrol Boat sped off, I could see the women standing and pointing back to the dock. The two guys were pleading with them but in the end, they turned around and brought them back. When they stepped out on the dock, the others were laughing hard. The two guys couldn’t get out of there fast enough but they eased back off the dock toward the middle of the lake before they sped back the way they had been heading.
The ribbing from the others continued as the two friends that had got in the boat stomped back to the house in a huff. The entertainment was over as the others returned to their towels on the lawn and a new form of entertainment started. Ashley returned to her lounge chair on the lawn and removed her bikini top and then tipped her seat back to near horizontal and placed her hands behind her head. Ashley’s example prompted two others to do the same. Ashley turned her head toward me and grinned when she saw me watching with my binoculars. She mouthed the word, “Later,” and threw me an air-kiss. The two other topless sunbathers saw Ashley purse her lips in a kiss and looked where she was looking. They waved at me and threw air-kisses of their own. I could feel the heat in my face from embarrassment at getting caught spying again. All I could do was wave back.
The boat parade continued to slowly cruise by. They were getting so close to shore that I was afraid they would clip my boat on their way by. They certainly weren’t paying attention to anything but Ashley and her friends. A loud power boat roared into view and cut across the lake bypassing the parade as the feeble horns started tooting and beeping. The power boat was captained by a young woman of maybe twenty in a one-piece bathing suit. Her blonde ponytail flew out behind her. She was accompanied by another young women of roughly the same age in a bikini. They ignored the irate boaters and cut right through the line and right up to Ashley’s dock before gunning the motor in reverse and came to a smooth stop inches from the dock. The woman in the bikini stepped casually onto the dock with rope in hand and tied the bow to a cleat and then did the same at the stern.