Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Room for One More?

Judy was busy at the computer when Cindy happened to call. It had been a month or so since the two had talked so Cindy wasn't aware of the Seven Caves trip. Of course once she heard the news she was more than willing to juggle her responsibilities around so she could join in the fun. However, she was pretty sure she would have to work on Friday so figured she would just ride along with the *Aints* on Saturday. She even volunteered to drive them. Judy and she had a good laugh about that - imagining Shirley and Bev sitting prim and proper in the back seat of the car giving Cindy explicit instructions as to speed, temperature and the need for a roadside rest!
Cindy said she had never been to Seven Caves but had always wanted to go and she asked about maybe staying Saturday night at the Campground where Judy and Kim would be spending Friday night. Judy thought that sounded like a plan and said she would call the Aints to see what they wanted to do about meals. Cindy thought the simpler the better and Judy agreed, "As long as we have hot tea and some Cheerios for breakfast!!"
Judy emailed Kim and Patsy with the new details as soon as she hung up the phone and then went back to the computer to work some more on the Seven Caves itinerary. She pulled up a local newspaper to see what other events would be happening that week end in Bainbridge and just happened to see a story about a missing couple. Seems they had gone hiking at Seven Caves and just disappeared. Calls to their cell phones went straight to voice mail and their car remained parked in the lot where they'd left it. Judy emailed the article to Kim with a, "What do you make of this?" comment added.
Then she went back to figuring how long it would take them to get to the Campground and how much food they would need for the week end and the missing couple slipped into the back room of her mind....

1 comment:

cousinskimnjudy said...

Oh no. I have a feeling they are going to take the 2nd trail with the beautiful view, never to be seen again!!!! But there is strength in numbers. Right?!?