Chapter 13 - What Ramon wants

I asked about family but they said Mr. Ramon just checked himself in one day and never had any family visit him. Johnny said through a mouthful of carbonized hotdog. He saw that look in his Aunt's eyes, the concern there, and looked back at her to let her know he was okay. Could be that his family was really far away since he was a sailor for most of his life. I dunno though. The nurse that I was helping to box up his things didn't seem to think he had any family... He did leave behind a kind of treasure hunt though. I found it in his books that are going to the library. One of the clues we found at the lighthouse earlier. I figure it'd be a nice way to remember Mr. Ramon to follow the trail he left.

Logan sits there enjoying his burger and drink. Listening to the others, he finds his thoughts drifting to fighting monsters
I wonder what it'd be like to fight an actual monster?

"A treasure hunt... Sounds like fun."

"isn't the Lighthouse closed to the public? How did you get there?"

Al laughs at Roger's comments. "I know monsters like that!", she explains. Then she bumps Johnny with her elbow. "Your family is really cool. I wish mine was this fun."

We just walked out there. It was a bit of a hike but not bad.. Johnny tried to assuage Mary's poking into the matter. The clue was outside, hidden behind a rock, so we didn't have to get in or anything. He purposefully omitted the part about the barbed wire fence and the ocean swim that got them to their clue. We're trying to figure out the next clue. Something about where water meets the sky... He laughed a bit,Sounds like stuff Edud Edd would say to mess with tourists at the store. he joked with Mary and Charlene.
Edd is my grandfather. Edud is the word for grandfather, my Dad's Dad, in the old language. he explained to Alana and Logan. I lived with him before coming to Gulf Haven.

"Where water meets the sky... like the horizon. But you can't get to the horizon. So that can't be it." he says.

"Here we go," she says rolling her eyes. "Harold likes riddles... Crossword puzzles... you name it."

"Told ya he was boring," he whispers, immediately nudged hard by Charlene.

We thought maybe the new fountain? It kinda fits the description... Johnny offered, unsure whether there really was a connection since he couldn't remember really having looked at it since he came to town. We thought it might be another book in Mr. Ramon's collection but Logan went through them all.
No luck there. the boy shrugged.
Johnny hadn't really formed an opinion of Harold just yet. Nothing concrete anyway. He seemed like he cared but he wasn't sure if Harold was trying too hard or what but there was a bit of distance between the two.

"The fountain down Civic Centre? Hmm... the water from that hardly reaches the sky..." he makes a gesture approximating the height reached by the fountain jets there, about waist high.

"Must be a higher place, I think. We don't have any more fountains in Gulf Haven, do we, Rog?"

"Fountains, huh? No, no fancy fountains... we're lucky if we have running water, here!" he chuckles.

"We were also thinking it could be a cloud!", Al reminds the others. "But how would you reach that without a plane or helicopter." A grin spreads over her face. "Unless you're a vampire and can fly, of course."

"A cloud, yes. It gives us the same problem as the horizon. It fits the riddle, but you cannot get there..."

"Where else is water near the sky. Like... In a swimming pool at the top of a skyscraper? Except, we have no skyscrapers either." he says with a shrug.

"Oh, oh, oh!", Al exclaims excitedly. "What if it's rain! And you can only see the next clue in the rain!" She thinks. But where?
"And it is... on top of the highest building in town! I'm a genius!"

"Hm," Al says. This riddle was tough. "Maybe I'll bring a watering can instead. I could fake rain."

That sounds like a good idea. It's cooler on the pier and they have all those rides. Especially the big ferris wheel. Johnny agreed. They didn't have anything like that in Oklahoma, except maybe at state fair time in Tulsa and even then not as big! Wheels turned for a moment in his head before a thought occurred to him, The ferris wheel is really tall and it's on the pier over the water... Maybe that's what Mr. Ramon's clue was talking about. "Where the sea meets they sky."