The rains will take all the cigarette butts away. He thinks he is not polluting since they will go down into the storm drain. Hector tosses some plastic bags into the marina dumpster, but the wind takes the bags up in the air and toward the lake. He thinks to himself that somebody who is not in a hurry will pick up the bags. As they rush to leave, Hector fills the boat engine with fuel, and some gasoline overflows from the boat's fuel tank and into the water.
Hector uses a hose to wash some fuel off the side of the boat and into the water.
He then squirts dish washing liquid onto the gasoline spill. He has seen other boaters do this, and it usually makes the gasoline sink to the bottom. Sam buys some things for lunch, including bags of ice, three bags of potato chips and some small packs of cookies. He empties the bags of ice into a cooler for the cans of soda. Soon they are ready to leave the dock and go fishing.