--”So Pepe what you got?--“Cookies, lantern, water, my fleece and my favorite book you?--“my fleece too, sweet bread, water too, rope not enough...to rescue you from a cliff, but maybe to protect mi fist from getting serious damage”-- “man, I do need to eat ya know?”--“no we will need it later we shall hide and sleep a little”--“yeah well we shall see if we can get some.They put their backpacks as pillows and drifted to that the realm of dreams, but something happened they were startled by a. ‘Dan, this is Mark,’ Bill gestured into the back seat as Dan opened the front door of Bill’s SUV. ‘He works with me. I was telling him about our trips and he said they sounded like fun, so I invited him along.’ Dan nodded a ‘Hello’ and slid into the front seat of the Rover. ‘So, are you ready to tell me where we’re going?’ ‘Nope,’ Bill smiled, easing the car into drive. From the direction they set out in, it was obvious clear that they wouldn’t be taking a plane to their destination. Determined. "Good idea. Excuse me."She shuffled off bare as the day she was born. Almost immediately she climbed back into bed and put her hand on my chest. Ours toes touched. Had she gotten taller? "You're insatiable," I moaned."How would you know? We haven't even started. But thanks for the vote of confidence."That wasn't Inga's voice. Come to think of it, this bed partner was taller Inga. I cupped a breast, which was larger than either of Inga's. "Who are you?" Claudia. We met at dinner." Her hand moved. I sat on the top step and waited, perusing email messages on my cellphone.After about an hour, I could hear some shuffling, panting, and swearing a few floors down. The sounds came from Elsa. She was swearing about what lousy shape she’d ended up in after so short a period of time.I walked down a flight and met her as she came up from the twenty-eighth floor. “How far down did you go to start?” I asked.She grimaced as she climbed up to the landing. “All the way. I walked down and then started.