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Subject: The Trail ch 2 gay/adult friends Well everyone here’s chapter two of ‘The Trail’ I hope you enjoy this adventure. I’m having a lot of fun writing it. It’s a challenge but I’m trying to make it as accurate as possible with places and what they were like in the 60’s. Settle in and enjoy. there’s much more to come. let me know what you think. I’d really appreciate your feedback. As always remember needs our help financially. lets help them keep the lights on. so donate what you can. Thanks and now to the story: The Trail By Johnny Consulting Editor Eric Murphey Chapter 2 From Planning to Action Uncle Aaron woke to the sun shining into his bedroom window. Scruffy was licking his face. “I guess I slept in buddy! I bet you gotta go pee really bad, huh!” Scruffy gave a quick bark and jumped off the bed. “OK Scruffy, I’m up, let’s get you outside.” Uncle Aaron went to the door with Scruffy dancing around him. He opened the door and Scruffy bolted down the stairs and out to the woods. “There you go buddy! I’ll get breakfast going and let you back in.” “Now, what time is it anyway!” He looked at the clock on the kitchen wall and saw it was 8 o’clock. “Damn I overslept. Better give Betty a call and tell her I’m gonna be a bit later than 9.” As he was dialing the number for the library, he heard Scruffy scratching at the door. “I’ll be right there Scruffy, hold your horses.” “Oh, hi Betty, It’s Aaron, seems I’ve overslept and will be a bit later than planned.” “No problem Mr. Smith, any time you can make it will be just fine, I’ve got your book for you and a couple more on the subject.” “That’s great, I should be there a bit closer to 10.” “Great! See you then.” “Oh, and thanks for the extra material. I was going to ask if you had anything else on the Trail! You’re a step ahead of me.” “It’s always my pleasure Mr. Smith. I look forward to seeing you!” “OK, see you then” Uncle Aaron said as he hung up. He let Scruffy in, and he was all over Uncle Aaron. He knew that even though Uncle Aaron didn’t like bacon, he always cooked some up for him while he ate an English muffin and juice. “Hey, Uncle Aaron, you up!” yelled Stevey as he pushed open the door and barged in with me close on his heals “Well, if I wasn’t I would be now! Don’t you boys know how to knock before pushing in my door!” “Wait, how does that work!” I said laughing “You mean knock on the door then push it open!” “No wise ass you knock on the door and wait for me to answer it.” Uncle Aaron said as he tried to grab me into a headlock. “Sorry old man, you’re going to have to be a lot quicker than that.” I said playfully dodging his arms. “I used to be able to catch you, I guess you’ve both grown out of my grasp!” Uncle Aaron said sadly “Awe Uncle Aaron, you know we love you! You’ll never be too old for us!” I said as I grabbed him and picked him up with a big bear hug. “Put me down you overgrown galoot.” He said playfully “We’re off to school and just wanted to see you to say we love you like we always do. We may be too old to share your bed, but we’ll never be too old to share your heart!” “Oh, you boys! I’ll never tire of your love, you know that! Now git, I’ve got Scruffy’s breakfast to cook and my English muffin to toast so go on and get out of my hair.” He said as he gave us both a slap on the butt. Stevey playfully slapped him on his butt and ran for the door and the stairs down to our bikes. “You won’t get away with that again!” Uncle Aaron yelled smiling as Stevey jumped down the stairs. We jumped on our bikes and headed for school to share our new adventure with our friends. Dad and Daddy woke up and had breakfast and coffee on the deck. “I don’t think I’ll ever tire of looking out at the lake. It’s so beautiful in the morning with the sun shining on the other side of the lake.” Said Dad as he held Daddy’s hand. They finished their breakfast and were about to head out for the office when the phone rang. “Hello, this is Steve Wilson speaking.” “Hello Mr. Wilson. It’s Jim Barker at the outfitters store. Seems you forgot to pick up some of your things in your haste to get going last night. Would you like to stop by today and pick them up?” “Why don’t you hang on to them and bring them over this weekend if that isn’t too much of an inconvenience. And I’m Steve and my partner is Eric, no need to be formal.” “That would be fine Steve. And I’ve thought of a few other items you might want to bring along. Would you like me to bring them as well?” “That would be fantastic. Looking forward to having you and Martha over for the weekend!” “That’s all we talked about over breakfast this morning. I think she’s smitten by you boys!” Jim said laughing “Well, we think you’re both fantastic and couldn’t be happier that we met.” Daddy said. “See you this weekend.” “Alrighty then, till this weekend!” Jim said as he hung up “OK, so I know we talked about this last night, but I just want to know, after a good night’s sleep, do you still want to go thru with this?” asked Daddy “If the boy’s want this, so do I! I’ve got to admit, I’m excited! I know it’s going to be a lot of hard work but Wow what an adventure it’s gonna be.” “What about the business? We’ve always been around. How are they going to survive for 6 months without us?” Daddy said “Jim will take over the lab and Suzy will handle the administrative work. I think Jeff is ready to step up and handle the new acquisitions and Jammie is just chomping at the bit to take over the charities.” Dad said “And besides we’ll have plenty of places along our journey to keep in contact with them. And in an extreme emergency they can deploy the helicopter.” “Ya you’re right! And besides, we deserve a break away from everything!” said Daddy “So, it’s a go then?” “Yup! It’s official! It’s a go!” ..at school….. “I know, It’s pretty cool dude! The whole trail’s going to take us like 6 months to complete!” Stevey said to Bradley “And you guys are going to end your school year in April?” asked Bradley. “Ya, we don’t have any obligations and we’ve got the credits. And besides we weren’t planning on college before having a year off to do things.” I said “You and Sarah aren’t going to get hitched before we get back, are you?” asked Stevey “No, she wants a big wedding, and her mom says we have to wait at least a year after graduation to make sure we love each other and besides we’ve chosen you and Johnny as my best men! “announced Bradley. “I was going to tell you at graduation, but it looks like plans have moved up now.” “Really, you want us to be your best men! That’s way cool! We’d be honored and I can understand Sarah’s mom wanting you guys to wait! Too many marriages end in divorce because they aren’t ready.” ..at the library… “Hi Betty!” Uncle Aaron said softly as he entered the library. “Come here Mr. smith I’ve got everything you were looking for” Uncle Aaron looked through what Betty had collected for him and was amazed at how thorough she was with the information about the Trail. “Betty this is great! Maps and everything! Thank you so much!” “Anything for you Mr. Smith!” “You know I think we’ve gotten to the point where you can call me Aaron. I like you and hope we can be real friends.” Betty blushed then smiled at the thought of this wonderful man wanting to be her friend. She knew he was gay but that didn’t bother her because she wasn’t into men anyway. “OK, Aaron it is. I’m really looking forward to having you here for the story telling symposium!” “I’m looking forward to it as well. When I return these things would you like to go and have some coffee or something just to talk?” “I’d really like that, Aaron.” Betty handed Uncle Aaron the materials she had gathered and smiled as he walked out the door. “To think such a wonderful man wants to be my friend. I hope Phyllis doesn’t get jealous.” She said giggling to herself. Betty spent the rest of the day with a glow on her face and an added spring to her step. ..at the office… “OK everyone we’ve gathered you all together to announce something very important to us and to this company. Wow that really sounds ominous doesn’t it!” Steve said laughing. Everyone laughed with him then settled down to hear what he had to say. You could sense the excitement and anticipation in the room. “What my partner is trying to say…. we’re going to take a few months off starting May of next year!” Dad blurted out. Gasps could be heard from everyone in the room. “I know it’s probably a shocker for most of you, we haven’t been away from the office since before Eric and I got together. But it’s time we did something special with our boys before they leave the nest.” Said Daddy to a lot of nodding heads. “So, this is what we were thinking. Jim you’re going to take over the lab as you already are doing but will have to make all the major decisions on your own, with the help of your team of course.” “Hey wait a minute! You haven’t told us what you’re going to be doing! First things first!” Suzy said excitedly. Everyone shouted out their agreement. “How rude of me!” said Daddy laughing “We’ve decided to hike the Appalachian Trail with the boys and their Uncle Aaron beginning in May of next year. That gives us 7 months to get everything ready.” “Wow, the Appalachian Trail! I heard that was a real exhausting journey!” said Jeff “And that’s why we’re starting our planning and training early. We want to have this company ready to operate without us and our bodies and minds ready for the challenge!” Dad said “So, with that said Suzy, you’ll be the center that everything will revolve around. Just like now you will keep everything organized and all parties together on the…. Wait…Hold on… that’s not the way I wanted this to go at all!” Daddy paused and looked at Dad and Dad gave Daddy that `Go ahead’ look. “OK, so here goes..Suzy, Eric and I want to promote you to CEO! And that promotion will be effective immediately.” Daddy said to a group of open mouths. “Don’t look so surprised! As it is you’ve been running things all along anyway, Eric and I have been mere window dressing, signing paperwork that you prepare. And mainly just giving you ideas to make happen. This promotion is long overdue.” Daddy said to a stunned Suzy. Everyone realized what just happened and showered Suzy with hugs and words of congratulations. “I don’t know what to say.” Said Suzy with tears in her eyes “Say Yes I’ll take the job!” Dad said “Yes, I’ll take the job!” she said with a nervous giggle and gave both Daddy and Dad a big hug and kiss on the cheek. “I really love you guys!” she said crying. “OK so back to business, Suzy if you don’t mind, I’ll complete my list of appointments and then the company is all yours!” Daddy said “Continue please Steve, I can’t wait to hear the rest.” Said Suzy drying her eyes. “OK, we thought since Jeff is already doing all the leg work for new acquisitions, that he would head that department. Jammie has been outstanding handling all the charities we’re involved with so it would only make sense for him to head that. Dan has been instrumental in new breakthroughs running the construction end of our business so I think after either promoting one of his team to assistant or hiring from outside, he would be an excellent choice for Construction. Philip is new to our shipping fleet but has come a long way in adapting our company to be more efficient especially with the new computers he’s brought in from Honeywell. I think that about wraps it all up!” said Daddy “I think my first order to everyone is congratulations on your promotions and I’ll work out the details of your pay raises and new benefits.” Said Suzy “I think I’d like to make a suggestion Suzy.” Said Dad “Why don’t you take the first few days and find an administrator you can trust. Running this company without an administrator would have been impossible for us and I think for you to be an effective leader you don’t need to be bogged down with all the paperwork you have been doing. And it might be a good idea to either promote one of these people to CFO or get shopping for one because you don’t need to be handling the finances along with running this business.” “Fair enough, I’ll get on that right away and in the meantime, I want all you newly appointed department heads to get together with your teams and discuss how you can make the future of this company great. Oh, and I think that would be better done at a relaxing weekend away from the office. Discuss with your teams where you’d like to go, and I’ll approve the expense. Let’s work hard but have fun doing it. And Jammie if you’re willing and up for the challenge I’d like to appoint you to CFO along with your work on Charities” said Suzy to a still stunned team. “Well, that’s that! As owners of this business, we’re off! Suzy it’s all yours. We’ll check in now and again, but we will be busy getting prepared for our adventure. Don’t hesitate to call if you need any help but I think you’ve got this!” Daddy said giving Suzy one last hug. “I’ve got to say, promoting Suzy was the wisest thing you’ve done since saying you loved me!” Dad said to Daddy as he stopped him and gave him a big hug and passionate kiss. “So, you’re not mad that I made that decision on the spot without first discussing it with you?” “Are you kidding! You know I would have agreed so you just saved time!” “God, I love you more now than I’ve ever loved you!” Daddy said as he returned Dad’s kiss. “I think we need to get home and celebrate, and you know what I mean when I say celebrate!” said Daddy “Now let me see, nope nothing comes to mind!” said Dad laughing “You dope, let’s have sex! Now does that shake your cloudy memory?!” “Just kidding lover, let’s get going, I’m getting hard and don’t know if I can wait much longer!” Dad said grabbing Daddy’s cock thru his pants. “Let’s do it in that field behind Otis General store. It’ll be fun fucking in nature!” “Ya and Greg and Clara would get a kick out of us parking and heading out to the field hand in hand.” They headed to the store with Dad stroking Daddy’s cock as he drove. “I see Clara at the cash register. And there’s no one in the store. Let’s get out with our cock’s out and walk by stroking each other’s cocks! She’ll get a kick out of that!” Daddy said. They got out of the car sporting hard on’s and walked up to the store window. Clara noticed them from the register and with a shocked smile waved at them. Dad and Daddy grabbed each other’s cocks waved back and headed out to the field. Clara came out of the store and watched them as they got to the middle of the field and took their clothes off. Before laying down in the grass, they gave Clara one last wave. “Those men are so dam sexy! It’s a shame they don’t like girls! I’d treat them to a real good time!” Clara said to herself as she returned to the store. “This is so dirty!” Daddy said to Dad as he kissed him on the lips “I know, reminds me of my high school days sneaking a blowjob under the bleachers during practice.” Said Dad. “Let’s 69, we haven’t done that in ages, and I really want to suck your cock!” Dad said to Daddy “Mmmmmmm your cock tastes so good! I don’t think balıkesir escort I’ll ever stop loving the taste of your precum on my tongue.” Dad said to Daddy. Daddy was busy sucking Dad’s cock and gave a muffled agreement as he dove down on his cock taking it into his throat. “Mpffffffff!” gasped Dad around Daddy’s cock as his cock hit the back of Daddy’s throat! Dad returned the favor by deepthroating Daddy’s cock. They stayed in this position for several minutes slowly reaching the tingles that come just before orgasm. Dad thought for a brief moment that he wanted Daddy to fuck him but was enjoying the sucking so much he decided to just let it happen. Daddy dove down deep and held Dad’s cock in his throat milking it with his throat muscles, his tongue caressing the shaft. Dad couldn’t control his orgasm any longer and with a loud guttural cry, drove Daddy’s cock as deep into his throat as it would go while unleashing a torrent of man cum deep into Daddy’s throat. Daddy backed off so he could taste his lovers cum and released his cum into Dad’s throbbing throat. Dad backed off to taste his lovers cum and the two sucked gently on their cock heads, milking them for every drop of cum they could get. With a final kiss on their lovers cocks they sat up and embraced. “I love you Eric with all my heart!” said Daddy as he kissed him all over his face. “I’ve never been more complete since that day you first gave yourself to me!” said Dad as he returned the kisses. They continued in their embrace for several minutes when they heard clapping coming from the store. Gregg had joined Clara and they were applauding the show of love taking place in the field. My dad’s stood up and gave a bow and collected their clothes and walked hand in hand towards the store. “Thank you, Guys. That was nice of you to applaud us like that!” Dad said as he and Daddy stood naked in front of them. “How about something to drink before you head home!” said Clara “Thanks that would be great! I think I’ll have a Dr Pepper, how about you Eric?” “Sounds good to me.” Clara went in and grabbed a couple of cold Dr. Peppers from the cooler and came out and gave them to my dad’s. “It’s on the house!” said Clara “Mmmm thanks that hits the spot!” said Dad. They finished their sodas and got in the car to head to the compound. “Now that was fun! I think we both needed that! Now down to some serious planning” said Daddy as they walked into their room and to the shower. ..the boys get home… “So, we start Saturday morning?” I asked Stevey as we talked about our upcoming physical training while changing. “I know we usually sleep in on Saturday mornings, but we have to train our bodies to be up and alert by sunrise.” “Do you think our dads will want to go along with that? After all they spend just about every waking hour at their business.” I added “If they want to be ready for this journey they’ll just have to and that’s that!” Stevey said firmly. “I know Uncle Aaron will be on board! He’d do just about anything for us.” “Ya he’s still very devoted to us even though we’re beyond in our ages.” “What about Scruffy? Do you think he’d make it? He’s not old or anything but would he mind being on a leash. I don’t think he’s ever been on a leash. At least not since we adopted him!” “Those are questions we’re going to have to clear up as soon as possible.” Said Stevey “Hey boy’s how long have you been home?” asked Daddy “Not long Daddy! Can we sit down for a talk” I said as Stevey, and I grabbed a soda from the fridge and sat down at the family dining table. “Exactly what we were hoping for! Who wants to get your Uncle Aaron so we can have a family meeting?” We had begun calling them family meetings as it was a time, we could all share with everyone what was on our minds. “I’ll go get him.” Said Stevey as he bolted from the room. Soon Stevey returned with Uncle Aaron and Scruffy. “We have some news to share with you. We have turned the running of the business over to Suzy and have effectively retired so we can put all our time and effort into this adventure.” Said Daddy After looking at Stevey’s and Uncle Aaron’s stunned faces “That’s the best news I’ve heard since you and Stevey told Dad and Me you loved us!” I said. “And that clears up any question we had about starting our training on Saturday morning!” Stevey added. “So, you’ve actually done it! You’ve retired! Wow I thought you two would grow old and die before leaving the business to someone else to run.” Said Uncle Aaron as he gave them both a big hug. Stevey and I followed Uncle Aaron and gave our dads a big hug and kiss on the cheek. “So, we start Saturday morning huh?” Dad asked “Yup, Saturday morning before sunrise we’re gonna take a hike with full backpacks to Ellsworth! We’re gonna find out just how bad a shape we’re in!” Stevey announced with a sly grin. “OK, Mr. planner, just how did you plan on us getting back from Ellsworth. I hope you didn’t plan on us hiking back! That would be 20 miles and I don’t think it’s realistic to try and push that!” I said. “No of course not! Dad will drive the SUV to Ellsworth and park it at the Library and Daddy will follow him and bring him back home Friday night. That way we’ll have a vehicle waiting for us, and while they’re in Ellsworth they can stop at the pet store and get Scruffy a collar and leash.” Stevey answered. “Yes, that will give us someplace to put his license tag. I’ve had that in a draw since we got him registered with the county.” Added Uncle Aaron “And we’ll have a cooler full of water waiting for us in the SUV!” Dad added. “I’ll call Betty to let her know what we’re doing so she doesn’t wonder about the SUV in the parking lot when she opens the library Sat. morning.” Said Uncle Aaron. “We better call the Barkers to let them know. Remember we’ve invited them to stay the weekend.” Daddy reminded Dad. “So Stevey, how long do you figure it should take to hike the 10 miles?” asked Dad. “I figure we should be able to walk around 3 miles an hour so that would make it about 3 ½ hours. I’ll add another 30 mins to that for rest stops so figure 4 hours. If we leave at sunrise that would put us at the library by noon or a little before.” Calculated Stevey “Sounds good. I’ll call the Barkers and have them meet us at the library, that way they can follow us back to the compound and we won’t have to give them directions.” Said Dad Dad called the Barkers and explained what we were doing, and they agreed to meeting us at the library at noon. Dad told them if they didn’t see us at noon to wait because we wouldn’t be much later. They could go into the library and chat with Betty to kill the time. Jim thought the hike was a real good idea and agreed that they needed to know just how grueling a 10-mile hike can be with a heavy pack on. Everything was set for the first training hike Saturday morning. We decided to take a boat ride around the lake and bring a pick nick lunch with us to have for supper. The next couple of days sped by and it was now time to set things up for the hike. Dad and Daddy deposited the SUV at the library and popped in to say hi to Betty. “Hi guys, you’re here to drop off the SUV?” “Yup and we thought we’d stop in to say hi and bi.” Said Daddy “That was really nice of you to find all that material for Aaron. He’s certainly made the most of it. We were wondering if maybe we could hang onto the map for a bit longer so we could copy it!” said Daddy “No need, you keep that! I can order another one to replace It with. It’s the library’s treat considering Aaron volunteering for the story telling symposium. I assume you will attend?” “We wouldn’t miss it.” Said Dad “OK, see you tomorrow. And make sure to stop in before you take off.” Said Betty “Will do” said Daddy as they headed out to the car and to the pet store. “This looks like a collar that will be comfortable around his neck, but I doubt it will hold him if he decides to take off.” Said Daddy looking thru the section with all the collars. “I’m going to ask what the best one would be instead of guessing and not getting the right one. I don’t want to be a mile from the compound and have the wrong collar on Scruffy and not be able to control him.” Dad said. The store attendant was very helpful, and they settled on a body harness which gave the maximum control and one Scruffy couldn’t get out of. A 12-foot retractable leash was chosen. With that purchase made they headed home. ..Saturday morning… Stevey had set the alarm for 5 so we could be on the road by 6. “Damn I’m still sleepy.” I said to Stevey as he rolled over and planted a big one on my face. “You look so cute with the Sleepy’s in your eyes and your hair all ruffled up! Now it’s up and at um! Let’s shake the lead out and have a quick breakfast. I’ll go make sure our dads are up and you get going on our breakfast.” Said Stevey as he bounded out of bed. “Just one kiss? Is that all I get?” I cried “If I gave you more than that we wouldn’t get out of bed for an hour. Now get moving lover boy! Before I have to tickle your feet.” Stevey knew I hated having my feet tickled so his threat worked, and I got out of bed and went to the kitchen by way of the toilet. I made us a quick breakfast of oatmeal and toast just as Uncle Aaron arrived with Scruffy in tow. “He sure doesn’t like the idea of the harness and damn near pulled me down the stairs headfirst!” said Uncle Aaron as he held on to Scruffy’s leash with him jumping up and down. “Well, he’s going to have to get used to it or he can’t come. They don’t allow pets without leashes as you told us when you read the park service rules.” Stevey said as he went to Scruffy and hugged him. “Scruffy, you can’t come if you don’t learn how to walk with the leash.” Stevey said as he held Scruffy’s head to his. Scruffy licked Stevey’s face and sat down to receive his usual scratching behind the ears. Stevey lovingly scratched his ears and got up to have breakfast. “So, we’re having oatmeal for breakfast, not sure I’m much of a fan!” Daddy said. “It’s the healthiest thing to have before a strenuous work out.” Explained Stevey “And besides, that’s probably going to be a staple on our journey because it’s light weight to carry and easy to prepare!” he added. “Guess I’ll just have to get used to it” shrugged Daddy as he picked up his bowl and added a ton of brown sugar and a gallon of milk to hide the flavor. “You do know that brown sugar and milk won’t be all that plentiful as it will take up a lot of pack space.” I said watching Daddy slurp down his oatmeal. Dad watched Daddy eating his oatmeal and laughed. “You know lover I bet a day will come on our hike when you would beg for a bowl of oatmeal.” “I doubt that!” answered Daddy “OK, let’s end the chit chat and get moving. It’s almost 6 and we need to get going so we can be at the library by noon. We had filled our packs last night, so they were ready and waiting by the door. We finished our breakfast and put the bowls in the sink to soak and donned our packs. “I know we tried these on last night, but they just seem heavier for some reason this morning.” Dad exclaimed as he winced at the strain on his shoulders. “They’re going to feel a lot heavier by the time we make it to Ellsworth. Are you still sure you want to go along with this?” Daddy asked Dad bravely standing tall holding on to his pack straps. “I’m not backing out if that’s what you think! So, I’ll stop complaining and just grin and bear it.” Daddy went to Dad and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “That’s my brave man!” Stevey and I chuckled at them and walked out the door into the cool predawn morning. “Mmm this feels wonderful. I just can’t get enough of the cool crisp morning air in the fall.” Exclaimed Uncle Aaron as he took a deep breath. Scruffy was pulling hard on his leash because he wanted to run. “Not going to be doing any running boy so you’ll just have to calm down.” Uncle Aaron said as he pulled back on the leash. “You want us to take him Uncle Aaron?” I asked “No, he’s my dog and he has to learn to obey me. Once he learns that you boys can take him.” Replied Uncle Aaron. After about ½ mile of trying to free himself from the harness and Uncle Aaron pulling him off his front paws, Scruffy finally got the message and started to walk just a few feet in front of us. “Looks like he learned pretty fast. I guess that pet store attendant knew what he was talking about.” Said Daddy. We had walked about a mile and a half, and the backpacks weren’t riding right on our backs. After listening to all our moaning and groaning Stevey finally called a halt. “OK, sounds like we need to stop for a few minutes and get our packs adjusted. Mine’s not doing too well either. I think if we adjust the straps so they ride a bit higher on our backs, it will be a more comfortable carry.” We did as Stevey suggested, and it did seem to help. A few of our friends passed us in their cars and honked and waved as they headed to town for some Saturday morning shopping. We finally made it to the fish hatchery where Graham Lake spills into Green lake. We crossed the small bridge and Stevey announced that we were about halfway, and it was a great place to take our rest break. It was 8:30 so we were pretty much on schedule. Everyone couldn’t wait to take off their packs and sit down on the banking of the lake. We all drank some water from our canteens and a snack from our packs. “It’s so interesting looking at that island out there. It’s hard to imagine it’s floating but that’s what it is.” Said Uncle Aaron. “Yup, last week when we drove by on our way to the office it was about 20 yards closer to Great Meadows point.” Said Daddy “Before they built the damn on the Union River, this was all farmland and woods with just the river flowing thru it. Now it’s one of the longest lakes in Maine, and the largest manmade lake.” “Those floating islands were formed when swamp lands around the river flooded, and the swamp grass and small trees lifted from their hold on the ground and began floating. If you took a boat out to them it would really stink and if you tried to get off onto them, you’d sink thru and probably drown under their root system trying to get out.” Dad said. “Ya, I remember Grandpa telling me a story how a deer got stranded on one of them and a couple of the locals tried to go out and free it. They got a couple of yards onto the island and dropped thru. They weren’t found for over 5 years when a fisherman snagged one of them and pulled half their skeleton out of the water. The island had since sunk to the bottom and was a great fishing spot.” I explained “How many of those floating islands are there?” asked Stevey “I heard there were only two and they are only about half the size they were when they were first formed. Funny thing is the trees that took root in them are still standing. Even after some devastating storms.” I said. “Wow, that’s pretty interesting but we have to get going, it’s been about 20 min.’s since we stopped.” Stevey said looking at his watch. We were getting our packs back on and adjusted when George and Clara drove up and rolled down their window. bartın escort “Just what are you boys doing? And with those backpacks. Strangest thing I’ve seen.” Exclaimed George. “We’re hiking to Boston and thought we might need a few things for the trip.” Said Dad with a straight face. We were having a hard time not laughing and Stevey had to bury his face into my chest to keep from exploding with laughter. “BOSTON! Are you nuts!” yelled Clara from the driver’s seat? We finally couldn’t hold back, and all burst out laughing. Uncle Aaron was laughing so hard snot was coming out his nose and tears were running down his cheeks. After Daddy finally regained some composure, he looked towards the stunned faces of George and Clara “No, we’re trying to get into shape to hike the Appalachian Trail and Stevey thought this would be the best way to get used to hiking with full packs on.” “Wow, the Appalachian Trail! Now that’s an undertaking I don’t think I’d want to tackle.” Exclaimed George. “You boys going to Ellsworth and back to the lake. That’s like 20 miles, isn’t it?” “No, we left the SUV at the library last night so we could ride back after our hike.” Said Dad. “Well good luck, better you than me.” Said George as they waved and took off. “What a character. I can’t believe Clara took your Boston joke seriously.” Uncle Aaron said still laughing. We turned left onto Eagle Rd. from State Route 180 and headed for the Union River damn. The hiking was getting a bit easier as we approached the dam. “Better keep a tight grip on Scruffy. It looks like there’s a lot of people fishing off the banks below the dam, he’ll want to great them all and we don’t have time for that.” Stevey said to Uncle Aaron “Ya, he loves to great people. Never saw a dog that loves everyone like Scruffy does. It’ll be tough but I’ll keep him on a short leash as we cross the dam.” Scruffy tried several times to break free, but Uncle Aaron managed to keep him close. “I read in the paper that they’re going to rebuild the dam soon. That ought to be quite the project. They’re going to have to build a new bridge on the lake side then divert the water around the existing dam with a temporary dam.” Said Daddy “We’ll have to check that out when it gets started. It will be interesting to watch.” I said. We made it to North Street and turned toward Ellsworth. Our pace had slowed down some and Stevey looked at his watch to check the time. “We’re going to be at least a half hour late at this pace. Do you all think we could pick it up a bit. We’ve got about a mile and a half to go and if we quicken our pace, we won’t be more that 15 minutes late getting to the library.” We all looked at him and sighed, adjusted our packs, and marched on with a swifter pace knowing this hike would soon be over and we could relax. “Well, there it is.” Dad said as we topped the hill on State St. just before the Congregational Church. “Never thought I’d look so forward to seeing the library!” Jim and Martha were just getting out of their car to go into the library when they saw us coming down the hill. They stopped and waved; Jim had a huge smile as he greeted us. “You boys look exhausted! How was the hike?” “For our first time, I’d say we did pretty darn good!” said Stevey. “After about 20 more hikes we should be old pros.” We all groaned loudly at that! Jim and Martha began to laugh hysterically watching the pained expression on our faces. “You boys have guts, that’s all I can say.” Said Martha as she brought her laughter under control “As the old man of this group of hapless wanderers I can honestly say I’m not looking forward to 20 more practice hikes, but I know it’s necessary, so I’ll keep persevering. I’m considering fashioning a cart that Scruffy can pull me in. I have been putting that idea to thought and have already created a design in my head. Just not sure Scruffy would go along with the idea. He’d probably pull me into the woods and dump me off the banking of the nearest brook!” Uncle Aaron said with a slight laugh. “a cart wouldn’t be a bad idea actually but not to haul you in, Uncle Aaron but we could put some of our supplies in it and train him to stay on the trail.” Added Stevey “I don’t think that would work Stevey, there are way too many places along the trail where it would have to be carried and that would defeat its purpose.” Explained Jim. “Well, it was a thought!” said Uncle Aaron resignedly. “Let’s go in and say hi to Betty.” Said Uncle Aaron after he had deposited his pack in the SUV. We all agreed and after loading up the SUV and putting Scruffy in the back we all went inside. “Hi boys!” said Betty as she walked over to greet them. “And who are these folks you have with you; I don’t remember seeing them in the library before?” “Betty meet Jim and Martha Barker. They own and operate the outfitters store just outside of town.” Uncle Aaron said as Betty took each of their hands. “This is a real nice library, Betty; I’m going to have to come by and check it out one of these days.” Said Martha “You could fill out a library card right now if you have a couple minutes.” “Go ahead Martha, we’ve got time.” Said Jim as he began gazing around the lobby at the displays Betty had set up. “Oh my, what’s that smell?” Betty said as Uncle Aaron stood a bit closer. “Uh Oh, I guess we probably are a bit ripe after that long hike!” I said sniffing under my armpits. “I’ll never understand why people always smell under their pits when the worst smelling area after sweating like this is your backside.” Said Stevey “Now that would look rather comical!” I said thinking about sniffing my backside. “Don’t think that’s possible. Gonna have to stick with smelling my pits!” “You boys amaze me how you carry on about the stupidest things!” Dad said as he sniffed his armpits. Everyone had a good chuckle over the seemingly meaningless conversation taking place. After Martha finished filling out the library card and everyone saying bye to Betty, we loaded up in the SUV for the short ride home. Scruffy was excited to have us return and jumped from the back into our laps for the ride home. “Well at least Scruffy isn’t turned off by our stench.” Said Uncle Aaron as Scruffy licked all our faces. “We’re going to have to fumigate the SUV when we get home.” Said Daddy laughing. The Barkers followed us and parked next to the SUV and got out when we stopped outside the garage overlooking the cottage and the lake. “Wow this is Amazing!” exclaimed Martha as she tried to take it all in. “When you said a weekend at your cottage, I was thinking of a small two room cottage. This is far from that. This is huge, more like a mansion!” exclaimed Jim with a stunned look on his face. “Well, welcome to our compound!” I said as I led them to the cottage. “We’ll set you up in the guest suite for the weekend. You’ll find everything you need there; towels are in the closet in the bath. Make yourselves at home.” Stevey said as he escorted them to their quarters for the next couple of days. “I may not want to leave!” said Martha as she tried to take it all in. “We may just have to close the store for a few days. I don’t think I want to leave either.” Said Jim in complete agreement with Martha. “Seriously folks, if you would like to stay longer, we’d love to have you.” Said Daddy. “As long as you understand we’re gay and like to walk around our home naked. We would love to have you stay as many days as you’d like!” “You really mean that? You’re not just trying to be nice?” Said Jim “And as far as walking around naked, Jim here would love that. He’s naked just about the second he gets back home from the store. And I have to admit, watching a bunch of cute boys like you naked would give me a real thrill! As far as you being gay, that’s not a problem. Our son has a live-in gay partner and they’re constantly making out on the couch. I’m sure he would just love to have the house to himself and his partner for a few days.” Said Martha. “Martha are you OK” asked Jim as he noticed her beginning to tear up. “I’m a bit overwhelmed, is all! We’ve never met anyone as wonderful as these men and I’m just so happy I could cry!” and with that the water works began. Jim held her close, and we all came over to give her a hug. “We’re going to take showers and get out of these sweaty clothes. You two make yourselves at home and help yourselves to anything in the fridge. Consider this home for at least a few days.” Dad said as he and Daddy headed to their room. Stevey and I headed to ours and Uncle Aaron and Scruffy went to their apartment. “I can’t believe how beautiful this place is!” exclaimed Martha to Jim as they walked out onto the patio that wrapped around the front of the cottage overlooking the lake. “What a magnificent view of the mountains on the other side of the lake!” Jim said as he held Martha in his arms. “I’ve always loved this lake and ever since I was a young boy and Mom and Dad brought us here for picnics on the beach I’ve wanted to summer here. It just never came to be!” “What a place to retire too!” said Martha as she looked out at the lake as the sun made its way down to the mountains. “Unfortunately, we could never afford to buy anything on this lake since the state shut down any new development. Property prices tripled in one day when that happened.” Said Jim. …..In our suite….. “Look at the Barkers Stevey, aren’t they a wonderful looking couple!” I said as I opened the sliders and stepped out onto our deck overlooking the main patio. Stevey joined me on the deck drying his hair with his towel now wrapped around his head. “Shush Johnny, they’re talking. Let’s let them have their privacy.” Just as he took my hand to bring me back into our suite we overheard the part of their conversation about wanting to retire here but not being able to afford it. I turned and looked at Stevey and with my finger over my lips guided him back in to our suite and closed the slider. “You’re thinking exactly what I am right now aren’t you!” Stevey said as he took the towel from his head. “You know I am! Let’s go talk to our dads” ……in dads suite….. “And then we heard them talking about how they’d love to retire here but could never afford the prices since the state shut down any further development.” Stevey said “And that’s when we thought why can’t they retire here. It’s not like we don’t have the room and we have grown to really like them even though it’s only been a couple of days knowing them.” I added “OK, hold on boys. We don’t know whether they were really serious or just making conversation.” Said Daddy “If you could have seen the way they looked out at the lake when they were talking and the love they were showing each other you wouldn’t doubt it.” Stevey said “Look let’s just ask them! It can’t hurt and if they weren’t being serious, nothing lost.” I said “But what if we embarrass them?” said Daddy “Let’s throw caution to the wind and just have a nice talk with them and somehow we can work it into the conversation.” I said “OK, agreed. It would be kinda nice having them around. I’ve actually grown quite fond of them myself!” Dad added We all headed down the stairs and walked towards the patio where the Barkers where still standing looking out at the lake. We paused as we looked at them holding each other like newlyweds on their honeymoon. “That’s the sweetest thing I’ve seen in a while!” Dad said as he pulled Daddy in for a kiss. We opened the sliding doors and joined them on the patio. “I guess we’re a bit over dressed Jim!” Martha said as she looked at the four of us walking up to them naked. “Oh, did we forget to mention that life here is clothing optional.” Daddy said laughing at the looks on the Barkers faces. “No, you didn’t forget we just hadn’t caught on yet! But that’s about to change!” Jim said as he began to disrobe. Martha began collecting his clothes and after Jim had made himself at home brought his clothes into the living room to lay them down on the edge of one of the loungers. “I don’t mind looking at your naked bodies, but this old lady doesn’t feel comfortable enough yet!” “Do whatever makes you happy!” Daddy said as Martha rejoined us on the patio. “Martha and I were just admiring the view. It’s outstanding! So peaceful!” Jim said as Martha wrapped her arm once more around his waist. “I bet its somewhere you’d like to retire!” I said Stevey looked at me and grinned. “Subtle. Very subtle!” he said chuckling. “Now that you mention it we were just talking about that but alas it’s not in the cards. There’s no way we could afford any thing on this lake.” Jim said. “But what if there was a way? Would you?” asked Stevey “I don’t want to even think about it. There’s no way and I wouldn’t want to get Martha’s hopes up! We’ll find a nice place and maybe we might just stay where we are. Selling and moving is highly overrated. Besides finding the right place would be a hassle I don’t want at this point in my life.” Jim said resignedly. Things got quite and Stevey and I looked at Dad and Daddy. “Alright that’s it, time for subtleties has passed. Jim, Martha we want you to retire here.” Daddy said to two very stunned faces. “We’ve grown quite fond of you two in the short time we’ve known you and having you around would make our lives a bit more fun. And besides having Jim right here would be a huge help in our planning for the trip on the trail.” Dad said. “Look we don’t want to pressure you but we sure would love to have you around! Stevey and I haven’t had any grandparents around for most of our lives since my grandparents moved to Mass.” “And we would love to have you two become our adoptive grandparents.” Stevey added as he walked over to give Martha a hug, I joined him and before they knew it there was a family hug fest happening. Martha was overwhelmed with the love we were showing them and began to cry. “Oh, Jim could we?” Jim looked at her face and smiled. “Martha if it’s what you want I can’t keep this from you. Yes!” “Oh, Jim I love you so much!” Martha exclaimed as she hugged and kissed him and then turned to us and gave each of us a hug and kiss. Stevey and I lingered in our hugs giving her kisses on her cheeks. There wasn’t a dry eye on the patio as Uncle Aaron and Scruffy came out threw the sliders to join us. “Wow, what did I miss? Did someone die or something!” “They’re going to live with us and retire right here!” I said laughing at the expression on his face. “Well, that was fast! Can’t say I’m surprised! I think my invitation happened about the same! Well welcome Jim and Martha to our unconventional family!” Uncle Aaron said as he walked over to them to hug them. Scruffy wasn’t sure what was going on but knew that something happy was happening and that got him excited, so he joined Uncle Aaron in giving Jim and Martha kisses. “Let’s call Robby and let him know he can have the house and maybe he and his boyfriend, Jammie, would like to run the store. He loves the store, and they would do a great job. They both are very knowledgeable on the subject of outfitting and we’re only a phone call away.” Jim said. “Oh, Jim this is really happening, batıkent escort isn’t it!” “Yes, Martha, I think it is!” “This is wonderful! Finally, someone closer to my age living with us!” said Uncle Aaron. We all had a good laugh about that and began to get our new family members settled into their new home. “Stevey this is so wonderful! She’s so nice! I think I’m falling in love with her!” I said holding him “Ya she really is, and I think I already have fallen in love. All I want to do is cuddle in her lap as she strokes my head and tells me how much she loves me and how proud she is of me. My mom never did that!” Stevey said as he began to tear up. “Oh, Stevey hunny I’m so sorry your mom wasn’t loving. I was lucky, before my mom died, she was the most loving woman on the planet. I’m so glad we have someone that will fill your life with love like only a mom can do!” I cuddled with Stevey; sex took a back seat to the feelings of love we were developing for our newly adopted grand mom. After showing the Barkers to the guest quarters the dad’s retired to their room. “The boys were really taken with Martha, weren’t they?” Dad said to Daddy “Stevey’s mom was never close, she never hugged or kissed Stevey after he got out of diapers. She grew distant and he never experienced love. I think Martha truly wants to love the boys and I couldn’t think of a nicer thing to happen.” Daddy said as Dad began to stroke his cock. “We have time for a quicky?” Asked Dad “I think they can wait for our presence, besides I really wanted you to fuck me!” Daddy said as he kissed Dad on the lips “I’ll get the lube from the dresser, and you get on the bed on your back with your legs up, and I’ll do my part!” Daddy laid down on the bed and lifted his legs to give access to his man pussy, Dad lined his hard cock up to Daddy’s man pussy and pushed in until he was completely buried in Daddy’s love canal! “Oh Eric, I never tire of you fucking my man pussy. Go slow and make it last. I want to feel you deep. Fill me with your cock, hit my love button and cause me to tingle. I love it when you do that.” Dad reached around and began to stroke Daddy’s cock as he slowly fucked his lover’s man pussy. Daddy began to get his tingles and whimpered to Dad to go faster. “Oh, Eric fuck me faster and harder please, I’m feeling my tingles and I want you to cum with me.” Dad began to pound Daddy’s pussy as he stroked his cock faster to match the rhythm of his fucking. It wasn’t long before Daddy moaned loudly and began to spray his man cum all over his chest. His pussy clamped tightly on Dad’s cock and sent him into his tingles and with one last thrust began to deposit his seed into Daddy’s love canal. Dad collapsed on Daddy and they embraced. They shared their tongues and relaxed in the afterglow of their sex. “I Love You Eric Brown!” “And I love you back Steve Wilson” They took another quick shower and headed for the family room to find Stevey and I naked with Martha between us on the lounger next to the fireplace. We had built a fire and was telling our new grand mom all about building our home. “Oh, hi boys! Stevey and Johnny were telling me all about how this magnificent home was built. They were just getting to the part where you found the tunnel and turned it into a spa of sorts.” Said Martha as she stroked our backs. “I’ve got to admit it’s going to take some getting used to having you handsome men around me naked all the time but it’s something I’m going to love doing! Jim is going to have to get used to me going to bed horny every night!” Martha said laughing. That got Jim’s attention as he and Uncle Aaron were talking at the family dining table. They were going thru the material Uncle Aaron had brought home from the library. “You’re going to have to get a vibrater old woman! This old man won’t be able to compete with the young studs around here.” “We can help you find one if you want grand mom! We know a store in Bangor that has lots of that stuff!” I said seriously. Grand mom just chuckled and continued stroking our backs. “Maybe we’ll have to do that if I can’t get your granddad to help me out!” “It’s ok if you want to play with our cocks’ grand mom! We don’t mind if it helps you get your tingles.” Stevey said “Now that’s something I’m not sure I could bring myself to do. What kind of a grand mom would I be if I played with my boy’s cocks?” “My real grandmother had me fuck her, so I don’t think you’d be a bad grand mom if you just played with my cock.” I said seriously “Well, we’ll see but for now I’ll just stick to stroking my grandsons naked back and enjoy the view!” “OK, now let’s make plans for the next few days as we allow our bodies to heal from our first hike.” Dad said. We all sat around the fireplace and made our plans to move our newly adopted grandparents into our home and to help them turn their store over to their son. We were excited to meet him and his partner. We had a supper that grand mom and Uncle Aaron prepared and after stuffing ourselves we all headed to bed. The next morning Stevey and I were greeted to the smells of bacon and pancakes cooking. “Uncle Aaron must have gotten up early and come down to make breakfast for us. Let’s get up and go see if what our noses are telling us is true.” I said as I gave Stevey a kiss on his nose. “Hey Uncle Aaron, it sure does smell good! When did you get here?” Stevey said as we were coming down the stairs. We rounded the corner and realized it wasn’t Uncle Aaron but our new grand mom standing at the stove. “Oh wow, it’s you grand mom!” Stevey said. And with that he bolted to the kitchen and grabbed our Martha around the waste and picked her up and swung her around. “As much as I love having my new grandson picking me up, you better let me down or this batch of pancakes are going to burn!” Martha said giggling with the attention she was getting. “Wow it sure smells good in here!” said Daddy as he and Dad came into the kitchen. “Wow, two more naked men in my kitchen. This is going to take some getting used to.” Martha said as Stevey, and I snuggled up to her. She swatted us with her spatula and told us to sit at the table and wait to get served. She told Dad and Daddy to do the same. As we sat at the table Jim came down the stairs naked and joined us at the table. “So, you’re joining the nudist part of this family?” Martha said to Jim. “Don’t know why not! As the saying goes, when in Rome…” Jim said laughing. Uncle Aaron arrived with Scruffy soon after Martha had served us all pancakes and Bacon and had sat down to eat with us. “Smells good in here. I guess you won’t need me around here much longer!” he said with a mock tone of disappointment. “Uncle Aaron, you know you’re not just loved because of your cooking! Why don’t you join us?” I said “Scruffy and I have already had our breakfast and he doesn’t need any more bacon Stevey!” he said sharply as Stevey was handing Scruffy a piece of his bacon. Scruffy wined as he knew Uncle Aaron was shutting him off. “So, are we moving the Barkers today?” asked Uncle Aaron as he sat down at the other end of the table. “We hadn’t had a chance to talk about it yet. We were too busy getting waited on.” I said with a big smile directed at our new grand mom. “Well, we don’t have to move the bed, that’s for sure. That was one of the most comfortable night’s sleeps I’ve had.” Jim announced. “And I agree.” Grand mom added. “Let’s finish breakfast and then take a trip with the pickup and SUV to the Barkers and bring over what they want and decide then if a moving van is needed.” Daddy added. “This could take all day. Are you sure you want to do this?” grand mom said “We’ve nothing else to do and it would be a pleasure to see your home and meet your son and his partner.” Dad said We finished Breakfast and we all helped grand mom clean up the dishes and the kitchen. “I sure am gonna like making this kitchen my own.” Grand mom said as she took off her apron and got ready for the ride to their house. “Does your son have a car?” asked Daddy. “No actually he doesn’t. If he needed anything he would borrow ours.” Said Jim. “Just a suggestion but why don’t you leave your car with him, and you could use any of ours if you needed it or we could get you a new one.” Daddy suggested. “Wow, this is almost too overwhelming.” Grand mom said “It’s just our way of making you part of the family.” Dad said. “It was hard for me to get used to at first, having an unlimited pocketbook, but Steve here has made the transition painless. We love you and anything we have is yours.” We arrived at their home and Jim went inside to tell Robby, their son, that we were coming in. He introduced each of us and he in turn introduced us all to his partner Jammie. Grand mom and granddad went thru their room and house separating all the things they wanted to bring with them. Daddy soon realized that we weren’t able to get it all into the pickup and SUV so called the office and asked Suzy to hire a moving van and gave her the address. “Oh, Steve I wanted to tell you I’ve hired an administrator and his name is Brandon. Oh, and he’s gay, not that that matters. Just wanted to toss that in. So, he will be making the arrangements and he will be the one you will be dealing with in the future.” “Sounds excellent, tell him congrats from us and we can’t wait to meet him.” “Oh, you already have actually! He was a waiter with the caterers that you hired a few times for parties. He couldn’t say enough good about you two. He said you’d remember him as he was the one that served the caviar at the wedding reception.” “Oh, ya he was hot as hell. Wow, he has the skills you need as an administrator?” “He’s not just a pretty face with a great cock! His real talent is in administration! Waiting was just a side job and a way to make great extra money. He said you guys always tipped generously.” “Well tell him congrats from the two of us and thanks ahead of time for arranging the moving van. Talk later.” said Daddy as he hung up. “Wait till you hear who Suzy picked as her new administrator. You remember the waiter who served the caviar on his cock at our reception?” “Really, he was hot. Who would have figured he had administration talents?” Dad said The van arrived an hour later and everything grand mom and grand dad had separated was loaded. They left the keys to their car with Robby, and we all headed back to the compound. What could not be put into their suite was stored in the storage area of the garage. A few weeks went by after they had gotten settled in and it appeared to us that our new granddad and grand mom were getting restless. Stevey and I had just gotten home from school and our dads where lounging on the deck when granddad and grand mom came up to us. Granddad asked us to join them at the kitchen table. “Boys, as much as I’d enjoy retirement, I can’t sit around and do nothing while you support us. I have a proposal; Martha and I want to be the caretakers of this compound of yours. Martha could keep house and do laundry and cooking and I could take care of the grounds and any maintenance required. Now before you say no I want you to understand that we need to have purpose and we will not be a charity case for you, no matter how much we care for you. And as much as we love our new suite, we really need our privacy. No offense but waking up to you naked studs every day is working Martha and me up and our hearts can’t take much more.” Granddad said laughing. “Seriously we would just feel a lot more comfortable in our own place.” After a long discussion it was decided that a cottage would be built for them to live in next to the garage with Uncle Aaron’s apartment. They would be within spitting distance, as granddad put it and they could have their privacy. Daddy contacted Suzy and asked if Dan, the new head of construction, could be released to build a cottage at our compound. It was added that construction would have to start immediately so at least the outside walls and roof could be completed before snow fall. Suzy said she had no problem with Dan joining us as his team was already well into their current project and Dan was not needed at that site. Construction of their cottage got underway and before the first snow fall, the outside was finished, the siding was on, and the roof shingled. The interior took another month to complete and soon our new grandparents had their own home right outside our door. We had hiked to Ellsworth another ten times and were able to complete the trip without more than a 15-minute break and in under 3 and ½ hours. We were becoming leaner and if it were not for grand mom’s breakfasts, we would all be 15 lbs. lighter! We had added another five miles to our hikes by hiking beyond the library to the home I grew up in. Christmas was a major event now that we had grand mom and granddad with us. We called my real grandparents to come and stay with us for the holidays and we all had a grand time of it. Grandma and Grandpa took to our new caretakers and welcomed them into our growing family. Our two sets of grandparents spent about every night discussing their love for the lake and how much fun it was being a part of our family. “You don’t mind that Johnny and Stevey call us grand mom and grand dad?” grand mom asked grandma. “Not at all! They have big hearts and room enough in them to share!” grandma said, “And besides, with us in Mass. they could use some grandparents love close at home!” Grand mom and Grandma had fun sharing holiday recipes and we ate Very Well as a result. I think we gained back all the weight we had lost from our hikes. We took lots of snowmobile rides and even ice fished outside the rock barrier. We froze our asses off but did not catch much. Grandpa laughed at us and just shook his head when we fumbled thru setting up the traps. “You never did take to that, did you!” grandpa said. “It was fun learning from you, but we just never could find the right spots, so we just gave up!” said Stevey “Well at least you won’t have to catch fish for your suppers!” added granddad laughing We had fun though and always had hot chocolate and cookies waiting for us when we finally had had enough of the great outdoors. Right after my grandparents left to head back to Mass. We were sitting around the fireplace when granddad mentioned the fact that it was not unusual for It to snow in Georgia in May, right when we figured on starting our hike. He said that he had gotten caught in a major snowstorm and had to hike for several miles in near white out conditions while trying not to fall off the side of the mountain. “Bill Bryson wrote the same thing in his book, `A Walk in the Woods’ He and his hiking partner nearly fell off the trail several times during a blizzard in their first few days on the trail.” Added Uncle Aaron. We talked about how we could prepare ourselves for that and decided that a winter weekend at Mt. Katahdin would be the best training we could get. We studied the almanac and chose a time in February that had the most likelihood of snow fall. Plans were made and it was now about waiting. We took several more hikes in the snow and were in the best shape of our lives. School was fun but we could not wait to graduate. Well, that brings the second chapter of this story to a close. I hope you are enjoying it. There is much more to come. In the next chapter we tackle Mt. Katahdin and face many challenges.

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