Jack had followed the ups and downs of the rolling prairie until they came to a ford across a small stream. He then stayed in the stream and guided the horse to the east. They exited over a mile later and headed into the foothills still following the stream.
Once into the foothills, Jack went slightly to the North and doubled back to the stream and chose a spot behind a bunch of hickory bushes, and pulled up, and looked at the immature nuts on the bushes. “Too bad they aren"t ripe. They"d be tasty about now.” He removed his foot from the left stirrup.
“You"ll need to dismount. This is where we"ll camp.”
Venta did as bid and looked around. She spotted some of the camp equipment tied up in one of the bushes. “How did you salvage that?”
“The Bentz"s Vigils must be well equipped. They didn
