It was strange that folks back east took a dim view of the efforts of a beleaguered law enforcement establishment to keep order in a chaotic situation.... The common folk tended to see authority as being the enemy instead of the protectors that the settlers knew them to be. Even the upper class members of eastern society saw the outlaws as some sort of heroic challenge to oppression when they were pretty much a bunch of bottom of the deck dealing scum bags.She was surprised when Butch proposed to. For seven days my party and I had followed the flow of the river as it cut its way through the flat bottom of the valley, twisting and turning between the sloped face that led up to the great plains to the north and the hills and woodlands that bounded the southern bank of the river. For the most part we saw only empty lands as we travelled.The fields were different. They appeared one morning as our group trudged around a bend in the river, pass a clump of young saplings that had taken root in. Rachel's eyes opened wide as the intensity of her arousal, all but hidden until now, hit her full force.Her cheeks burned with embarrassment as the telltale signs finally bubbled to awareness. Her breathing had changed from the deep inhalations of relaxation to something faster, more sensual. Her body was moving as well; back arching, knees bending - and slowly continuing to drift apart of their own accord.Rachel was shocked at her own reaction. She had the impulse to recoil; pull herself into. “Easy you say. Show me again.”She bent down and pointed to each location in order for me to manipulate. It opened easily by following her instructions.“Go tell Celia where you are going to be for the next few days, while I take this upstairs. Then meet me outside.” We both left the ‘sitting room’; I detour to the kitchen to see Cara who was baking some of her fabulous bread and she to find her partner in crime. “Cara, this is for you as a thank you for all your hard work.”“This is too much, my.