Location: On a highway somewhere in the Florida panhandle.
Time: June 30, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. C.D.T.
It was a spectacular day to be on the open road. The newly appointed Camp Kidney counselor Randy Ringtail was enjoying a nice week long break from the camp. He wasn't the only one taking the week away from camp. With him were the high energy trio of campers from Jelly Cabin; Lazlo, Clam, and Raj. Also with them was Nathaniel Lee Crisp, a relative newcomer himself who joined Jelly Cabin last year. He was not going to attend Camp Kidney this summer as the baseball camp he use to attend before the auto accident that paralyzed him invited him to come and help coach pitching. After proving last year that he could accomplish a lot even though he was handicapped, it was no surprise that he would be invited back. With all that occurred last year at Camp Kidney with the kidnapping of him and his older brother Jake by Julius Creswell and their rescue by fellow Camp Kidney campers as well as Julius' own daughter, Jake's girlfriend and now fiancé Crystal Creswell, Nate felt it was a good idea to skip this year and let the camp recover from all the excitement of last year. It would turn out though that Camp Kidney would still get plenty of excitement in the form of Randy Ringtail who started at Camp Kidney the beginning of the month. In the course of the month, Lazlo, Clam, and Raj got to know Randy well and instantly took a liking to him. His fun and risk-taking personality quickly melded with there own. As for Nate, this was the first time meeting Randy but he had already decided he was ok in his book after what the other Jellies said about him and what Jake had told him about Randy. Nate's plans are to attend Camp Kidney all summer long next summer in 2008.
So now the question one may ask is how Jake know Randy and why is Randy traveling with Nate and the rest of the jellies? Well Jake had actually arranged a meeting with Randy about a week before the camp began. He had applied himself for the counselor position at the urging of his brother Nate. Randy ended up getting the job but Jake harbored no ill feelings because of the decision. He was kinda glad that he wasn't chosen because, truthfully, he wanted to spend the bulk of the summer with Crystal whom he proposed to in mid-April. Jake wanted to meet with Randy to show there were no hard feelings and he was glad he did because the two ended up becoming fast friends themselves. Both he and Randy were considerably wealthy but that was about the closest similarities. Randy was actually born into money as it were with his father being the head of a watercraft company. Jake was born into a more modest income bracket but amassed a good fortune with a real estate company he started in New Mexico. Randy was considerably more of a risk-taker than Jake as well. The most extreme thing Jake ever did was rock-climbing. Despite all these differences, they had great respect for each other and that's what lead to their friendship. This is why Jake trusted Randy to take Nate down to his condo on the gulf coast. Nate wanted to spend the week of July 4th on the beautiful shores of the Emerald Coast of Florida. He had also requested his cabin mates share in the fun. It was the least he could do for them after they spearheaded his rescue from Julius. So that is why this group of five are headed down the road in Randy's spiffy corvette enjoying the open road on the way to the beach. Getting the week off was no difficulty for Randy. Most likely ole Lumpy was happy to be rid of Randy for a week and throwing the fact that he was taking Lazlo, Clam, and Raj with him really sweetened the deal. It's not a stretch to imagine that ole Lumpy was practically kicking them out when the time came to leave. Nate sorta wished that he could take all the campers with him but Jakes condo unit, which was on the 21st floor of a high rise condominium, could only accommodate five comfortably. Perhaps he'd take another set of four with him next year. For now it was him, Randy, and his cabin mates Lazlo, Clam, and Raj heading for much fun in the Florida sun.
Author's note: Not to worry everyone, the future chapters will have some actual dialogue in it. This was just a quick introduction narrative I wanted to put together to explain the relationship between all the characters and why this trip was being taken. All the details of what happen to my characters Nate and Jake the previous year are detailed in my fanfiction Bean On Wheels: Nate's Summer At Camp. I'd strongly recommend reading it in order to learn more about Nate and Jake and my other characters. I will probably set up the chapters as follows with the next dealing with the arrival and then one with a typical fun day at the beach and then a 4th of July chapter and finally, the departure. To my fellow Orange Cabin mates, if ya'll would like to assist me in coming up with some cool stuff to put in the next chapters you are welcome to as this will be displayed in our cabin. Later everyone.
