During the day, Lundeen’s is a private park. People pay to play on the beach and swim in the area between two big piers. When they were younger, Chrissy and Ann would walk to the end of Sandy Beach Drive and look across the creek at the people attending the annual Scott Paper company picnic and Chrissy would feel sorry for the people who had to work at the smelly pulp plant and only once a year got to come to the lake.
At night, the place turns into a roadhouse, and on weekend nights you can hear the bands playing. Once, the front seat of a car was found on the beach after a Saturday night. Lundeen’s drives the Doctor’s Wife crazy. All you have to do is mention it and she shakes her head, setting her jaw. This only makes Lundeen’s more interesting for Chrissy.
One night that summer before Bob leaves for college, the Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife are driving home from dinner when they see Bob walking unsteadily along the road, leaving Lundeen’s. Chrissy overhears the aftermath of this incident. She lies in bed, listening to the yelling downstairs.
Chrissy drives the boat fast, but she isn’t wild.