NARRATIVE of WARD COURIER/EPISODE with RICK REYNARD, Continued

April, 2012

NIAGARA FALLS, NY

We got out and hoofed it. Carbine slung over his back, the agent Jason Jonas came up to us. "Welcome to the picnic," he said.

The Island boasts some of the finest old-growth forest on the frontier. The cliff-like edge of Terrapin Point backs up to nothing but air and spume. A hippie haven for decades, its vistas are magnificent. When we neared the Tesla Memorial I ...