" I have to be back in Scottsdale in two days," Cody told us. "We're at the end of two weeks of vacation. We've been golfing our way down the coast fr...m Seattle, sort of." We're just taking advantage of a long weekend to get away from town," I told them."We're from Santa Rosa, in California," Kelli added."I've been there," Clarissa said. "I grew up in Vacaville."We continued to learn little bits and pieces about each other as we played that morning. Cody and Clarissa were in their early. My favorite spot was a thirty minute walk from the car park. I passed other sun bathers on my way and after about twenty minutes walking, found myself completely on my own with a couple of miles of virgin sand stretching out into the distance. Arriving at my favorite spot, I threw off the back pack, took out the beach towel and laid it out on the sand. There was no one in sight. I slowly undressed then began to rub sun lotion all over my naked body.Suddenly a voice broke into my stillness. . “And you would have us believe that Captain Prapai died from the lightning strikes?” the Colonel demanded in an angry voice.“Please, krup!” the Chief Medic interrupted. “The Captain’s body was cooked like a buffalo or a pig on a spit. It had to have been a very powerful lightning strike that killed him,” he finished.“Then why were his body and his clothes all burned? I have never heard of that being done by lightning,” the Colonel retorted angrily.“When I turned the Captain over, there were two. It wasn't nearly as big or as fancy, but it wasn't a "starter home," either. It was 'way better than anything I had ever dreamed I would call "home."When we got to Portland, we readily accepted, this time, Roland's offer of accommodations. We were full of news for them about Japan, and The Contract, and Tess' pending appearances -- everywhere -- on television as spokeswoman for TESLA."In one of the commercials," she told Kim, "this good-looking man -- he's a dead-ringer for George Clooney, I.