Yes." I believe you know Heather?" Yes, we ... um ... I played some basketball with her and her classmates, last week." Yes, she told me all about it,... Brenda said with some fun. "She said you played very well ... for a naked girl." She sure did," Heather added and winked at Sandra."Heather has something to ask you," Brenda said and motioned Sandra to look at the girl.Heather looked Sandra up and down, and then said, "I have asked your principal for your help, but ... um..." Heather looked at. Our plan was to canoe for a few hours and then head back to the campsite. As we arrived at the outfitter just before noon, there were only a few canoes left. Surprisingly, just as we were about to enter the rental building, voila, there was Billy and Max. They had just rented a canoe and were also going to canoe the same stretch of the river as us. Of course Bud asked them if they’d like to canoe with us. “Sure! We’d love to hang out with you guys!” was their response. I was kind of. I can't let you turn thisdown for me." Fuck that," replied, Delia our drummer. "I didn't hall your ass allover the country just to drop it now. There has to be a way to make thiswork."The group sat quiet, huddled in Delia's van outside DR's offices, eachlost in their own thought.We had played together through college and for the last two years inevery dive bar in North America it seemed like. If we didn't get acontract soon, not only would we all be broke, Delia's van would likelybe dead. Water was available, and I was able to fix my supper and get to sleep.The next day, I had to go through the aggravation of getting everything ready, but I managed it before mid-morning. I did make it back to Cheyenne before dark, and got my receipts from Marshal Brady. I paid him $2 to take care of returning the stolen horses, and I sold the rest. With the rewards and everything else, I now had enough money to join The Cheyenne Social Club. That night, I had a great meal and some very pleasant.