A Thievery and Return to the Island

By Camilla Garrison

Just yesterday, the Garrison family completed their journey back to the island! It was a mighty eventful day, with packing from five up until they left at eleven o’clock with a car full of food, air conditioning units, two cats and more people as well as a Thule rack on top (which the aerodynamics on the highway did not play well with) and a bike rack with a singular bike on it. Only one bike because- and this is a fairly long and infuriating story, Camilla’s bike had been stolen three days prior. The day before the family left, it was June 10, Camilla and Isaac went out back to get their bikes in the very hidden fenced in nook behind the studio in Providence to prepare for the day to come. Well, Camilla went back first, because hers was put in last, which meant it was the closest to get, as soon as she had seen it was not there, and told everybody, Hannah knew immediately it had been stolen. Luckily for the Garrisons, they were prepared with three security cameras in the backyard and caught this sneaky jerk-theif on video who must have peeked over the fence, then came in the side gate walked around and took the bike right out of there. But still, now Camilla was bike-less and the meant she had no transportation for the summer to and from her new CIT job at Camp Block Island or anywhere else she wanted to go. So, Camilla is still in search of a bike and if you happen to have any connections please notify!

The rest of the venture to the island went surprisingly well giving that we had two kittens in the car at the time. The Children enjoyed the ferry ride, the Kittens not so much, but were fine when the AC was on, and Chris in the car. Now Echo and Ember are exploring Claudia Surf City, and are finding quite enjoyable places to perch, for example, the driftwood at the top of the stairs.