Maybe even some vacationers we know from the city." When we got to the door there was a guy sitting outside at a folding table with a small metal cash...box and a cardboard box at his feet."Welcome, it's $10 per person and as you probably know, it's NPS at the Riverside!" NPS?" I asked. "NPS means No Pantie Saturday!" he said with near glee, "If the ladies come wearing panties, they have to drop them here in this box before entering. Most locals know not to come with them on, but some do because. I'll come by, but please be ready to go, I don't want my wife chasing us down thinking we are lovers!" She gave a hearty laugh then said, "Hey, you never know." then laughed even harder. Holy shit! I immediately wanted to be friends with Veronica. Yes, because I am a pervert but also because I loved her laugh and her quick wit. When I pulled into the driveway, at about 4:30, I noticed a few other cars parked near the different apartments. My immediate thought was, can't one of these people. I played a few more gigs with Fox when the opportunities came up. I was thinking more and more that if Fran stayed with Crystal after the trial period, I might join up with Fox on a regular basis. He kept encouraging me to do that, saying I was wasting my talent selling accordions and teaching youngsters at home. I was having a harder time ignoring his invitation. I knew I wouldn't easily be replaced by my boss at the music store, but if most of Fox's work was in the evenings, I could still. But they obviously had no chance of survival on the beach.A few yards in from the entrance, the passage widened abruptly; a dimly lighted cavern lay before them. Although the passage itself had been free of sand or debris--she wondered if it had been scoured clean by earlier storm waves--great heaps of dried seaweed lay along the walls of the cave. The floor of the cavern was covered by sand, but light filtering from above revealed that it consisted of a series of broad, steplike ledges leading.