The midnight blue vehicle had seen its share of off road trips, but the inside was very clean and Priscilla noticed it immediately. They talked about ...hat the camping trip was about to help pass the short drive while the boys carried on their own conversation. As Priscilla sat in the passenger seat, she began to notice things about Tony. His large hands were weathered from hard labor. She wondered if they would feel coarse on her skin. His clean shaven face lent a nice musky smell of aftershave. Either I am a full member of this marriage or I'm going my own way when we get to Oregon. I may go to California, since I know where some of the bigger gold strikes occurred. I hate the idea of leaving Claire and Elizabeth, but I can't stay if this keeps going on.God, but it's hard to get to sleep alone in my bed. I have been awake for at least half the night. I am writing this at the main fire after I gave up getting to sleep. I have to get some sleep though, because we are taking our wagon. - You don't have to worry about pool maintenance, we pay a company to take care of it. Just pick up the dead leaves from time to time with the net. Philippe is a maniac for cleanliness. You clean up here and there, a few hours a week, and we give you an envelope at the end of each day. Okay? Oh, yeah, just one thing. Are you leaving this summer?- Uh, no, I don't think so, it's kind of a waste.- Great! Great! You'll keep the house in August. Well, I'll let you go around the park. You'll come. We then kissed and hugged each other.After a few minutes, I looked at Karen and asked, "Which one of us will be the blushing bride wearing the wedding gown and veil?" "Maybe both of us. However, Pamela, I know that I want you to be the blushing bride wearing the beautiful gown and veil, coming down the aisle toward me, looking as radiant as possible. Would that be all right with you?" Again I said yes through tears of joy and happiness. We spent the rest of the evening enjoying each other's.