As we sat there at the table she was watching me very closely and I said to her, "You seem to be studying me.As we sat there at the table she was watching me very closely and I said to her, "You seem to be studying me. Why?" "No reason. Just wanted to see your features and that sorta stuff. I don't get to see too many people other than my husband and it's nice to be near another human for a change." "You live up here all the time?" "Not all the time. We have another farm down in the valley, but we spend most of our time here, summers that is, until the snow gets too bad and we hafta go down the slope. So we're here from about the middle of March until about October and then it gets too bad. So, with a little bit of luck we'll be goin' down about 6 or 8 weeks or so from now." "How long does your husband stay away during all this time?" "Most of it. I get pretty lonely so it's kinda nice to have another human to talk to." "Well, thank you for the cold drink. It was delicious and now, if you have a place I can freshen up, I'll rinse the sweat off and be on my way. On my way. that is, if you can head me in the right direction." "You can't walk outta here. Ain't ya' got some form of transportation at all?" "I have a truck about a zillion miles that way, but no gas so it won't do any good to think about that." "We got gas. See that pump backa tha barn. Full all the time. My husband brings up about three or four big drums like that and stores them here for his Jeep. So, we can fix ya' up with gas. I'll hitch up the mules tomorrow and we'll go get yore truck. |