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We followed Scout’s instructions and headed west. The last time we had headed into the Llano, it had been summer, and we’d all nearly died of thirst. This go-round, we were better prepared, and the sun wasn’t our enemy so much as the chilly weather.
The first night, we built up a fire and spent all of our time trying to get as close to its heat as possible without actually catching on fire ourselves. Baxter did manage to burn his right hand when it flopped into the fire while he was asleep. He immediately shot off the ground, convinced he was being tortured by an Indian. Frank, as was his way, sawed heavy logs throughout the entire episode. He had the ability to fall asleep almost immediately in all manner of circumstances. Frank might have snored to wake the moon, but he barely moved
