Enjoy your meal,” I said as we turned and headed toward our next portage.“I’m glad that happened on our last day,” Ron said. “I know I sure ...earned a lesson.”I thought about all the stories I had heard about people who had lost their food packs to bears. Many had been forced to leave the area early. One couple I had met told me they were surprised that a bear had attacked their tent. When I inquired as to what supplies they had brought along, I learned that they had a sack of potatoes and a. Sure enough, the following month witnessed the removal of Pamela and her entire retinue to a “Brownstone” building located in a place called Greenwich Village on the island of Manhattan. She had no idea what a brownstone building looked like and it seemed a bit imitative to be calling places by names that seemed better suited to England than to some location in a foreign country.Of course, Lucy was invited to accompany the family to their new adventure, but she had so many ties to her familiar. Tripp, Lucy.’ I introduced them, amused with Lucy’s reaction. I sympathized with her, completely understanding how she felt. ‘Pleased to meet you, Lucy,’ Tripp’s polite southern drawl was mesmerizing, and all Lucy could do was nod. ‘Tripp!’ Mrs. Waterman had turned to us once seeing who was there. ‘Isn’t he as handsome as the devil?’ she joked as she went over to pat Tripp on his arm. He smiled and wrapped the arm around her. ‘Kira has been waiting for you all night,’ she jokingly scolded.. Confidence - that was the one word that most people used when describing the now twenty-one year old. Though his bedroom was dark and would have given most people the impression of a gothic-cultured high-school student, Noah was a pretty confident, positive, and talented young man. Black carpet covered his bedroom floor and his walls and ceiling were painted a dark grey color. The window frames, door frames, and doors of his closet and entranceway were all painted black as well. His dresser,.