The next few months were like nothing I experienced before, or since. I think I returned to a style of living that my ancestors – all our ancestors – experienced well back at the beginning of time. I thought of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and how fortunate they were that God provided paradise for them, and how foolish they had been to throw it away due to the serpent’s blandishments.
After years living on the Frontier, I was somewhat experienced in travelling in the wild places, and could look after myself outside civilisation, yet living within the supportive framework of the 9th Cavalry and living alone was vastly different. There were no ranting sergeants to ask for advice, no officers to take ultimate responsibility. I had to fend for myself, make my own choices and live with t
