The Scent of a River

[craig eggers]

Call this the scent of a Lake.....

On this fathers day, I am reminded of a scent that I must have picked up when I was 3 years old---I haven't experienced it for years---and probably never will again (and its most likely a very good thing!)

The scent is that unique smell of 2 stroke engine exhaust and water...
In the late 50's my father had a boat he used to take down to lake Herrington in Kentucky. I was a passenger on the boat.
I have few coherent memories of that time as you can imagine, but that sweet pungent smell of two stroke exhaust and water always stirred something that was stored away inside of me.....