It was such a dry season early October. No snow as of yet but not much rain either. The leaves on the deciduous trees had already changed color and ...any leaves had fallen already, making the ground thick with fodder. October was cold, gray and dry. I decided to camp north one last time before the winter took over.I brought 100 rounds and my rifle, a few extra layers of dry clothes and my two dogs. I decided not to camp too far out just in case we came across deer and succeeded in killing. The trio went from standing to finally securing seats across from each other."How far does this go?" Richard yelled over to Emily."To the end, supposedly."Richard laughed. "Thanks, that's helpful," he said.The bus was loud, and talking was difficult. After a half-hour ride, the crowd had thinned out. Buildings got shorter and spread out, and the city transformed to more hilly terrain with bunches of trees. The numbers were up to 12400 by then."I think this is where we get off," Emily said.The. "That's why they call it Lost Wages," Irv chuckled.They got into an elevator and went down to the lower floor, through a locked door. On the other side was a nurse sitting at her desk. She did not look up at first because the constant flow of visitors. She had a name tag of Nancy over her breast."How's Sheila today?" Banks asked."Quiet!" Nancy replied."Has she had her meds?" No, she's just sitting there quietly so I'll wait until she acts up before giving them to her."Banks nodded and led Josh. We'll be married by then and whatwoman knows or cares about machine tools? No, by thenshe should be giving her full attention to being thefull-time mother of my children." You had sex with her yet?" God, no. I expect her to still be a virgin on our weddingnight and she assures me she's never had sex with a man.No, I get to make her a woman then and she, lucky girl,gets the benefit of all my experience." Lucky her. Going somewhere?"Mark had swung his legs over the side of the bed and wasgetting.