...so thinking that I need to attach a name to this property other than ''the camp in Gasport''. Seeing how I have too many
places that I currently take care of, like the eight lawns that I mow. For example, there is 'The cottage that never gets used in Java'..too long of a name I know. Or I enjoyed the 'Bruggmart'
moniker that I had on my house in Bethany, as it really does have one of everything. I could call this 'the North Pole - East' being that the museum uses the property to the west as the NP. Yet that
is only for a few weekends in the winter. I'm here mostly for the canal and living the pirate life, this should be more of the backstory.
Tortuga is an island just off of Haiti that a lot of pirates used as their base. So why not play off of that.
Of all the pirate islands of the Caribbean, there was one that was oddly located in the northern country of the Americas.
Up in the formidable waters of the Erie Canal sits the island of Tomtuga.
Similar to its sister island of Tortuga, this island is a dangerous, boisterous, filled with drunken and bawdy souls.
Tomtuga is a pirate heaven not named after a turtle resemblance but a marauding older fat grumpy bastard that when awaken he snorts and grunts, then rolls back over to continue his siesta. Yet watch
him, he sleeps with one eye open...kind of creepy but it might be a hereditary thing.
This island lies south in the Erie Canal and butts up to the steel passage of the GVT. Don't ever cross over the dreaded
GVT for it is haunted swamps of the croakers.
Tomtuga a mountainous rocky knoll of an island that is not easily accessed. As Stated and Telegraphed by many, it's
confusing thoroughfares off of the mainland of Gasport that are referenced by many names. Obviously meant to confuse potential conquers over the
centuries.
To the east lies the fishing harborage of Gasport Marina, is a misnomer being not a
gasport; nor a marina; and certainly not a fish insight.
History tells of a ruined 17th century brothel yet to be found or re-established here, with
better linens and rates that will include free WiFi and HBO per stay. Having found in one of the few local islands' caves, a large pre-Columbian sculpture of
a topless woman with the butterface of an Easter Island escort.
There also seems to be rumors of a local curse. Hidden amongst the deep tree canopy is the
Uniroyal tree. Here any mention of how oppressively hot this island is and a set of all-season radials fall from
the trees. Too cold and a set of dry rotted winter tires, rolls out from the Firestone bushes. As you can imagine the tires pile up. Might not be so bad if they were needed but this is an island with
no vehicle transportation.
Beaches include...well none. There are no beaches it's all rock and poison
ivy.
Yet it has a freshwater inverted bottomless lake. Meaning the silky-smooth bottom is on the top
and the gleaming brown water is below that. It is very efficient that way, in less accidental drownings and fewer tadpoles infestations.
I dare thee to set foot on the island of Tomtuga!!! No really, it has lots of poison ivy and it gets
everywhere.
Yee been warned!!
...And please take your garbage with you. We are no longer the town landfill.
Oh, I forgot, the widely known, yet seldom seen very scary Sasquatch is here too...and his cousin the Abdominal Snowman /
Yeti.
They run a combo ice cream & hotdog cart called 'Ice-Foots' most weekends. Blurry photo-ops are usually held at
late-afternoons and for a slight fee. Check their media pages for more detail info.
Capt Bruggs