Walk 13: Walking on/in the Water

It's November but on a recent road trip to North Bay where we were performing Dick and Jane, Spot and Puff, Tor walked into Lake Nippissing and onto a little sandbar. It was part of a sunset beach walk the three of us took between linner (lunch/dinner) and showtime. It was cold enough that I had to put on my toque over my messy updo. I worried about my hair and about performing but I wanted the walk. We all fitted-it-in to our schedule. I don't know what motivated Tor to walk into the water in November but there was some magic in it and we let him go and watched him walk out and then walk back. His feet and ankles were numb when he came out of the water. His walk, his personal detour was a little interlude in our larger less remarkable beach walk. A few minutes later we came to the "end of the road" when we encountered a little channel and didn't have the motivation or time to figure out how to cross it. Near the mouth of the channel there was a bridge and a large flashing red light to guide or stop little boats from entering? We wondered aloud about it and then we turned around and walked back into the dark, into our performance personas in North Bay in November.