Not that far to the mountains and lots of hiking trails. We got to one that we have been on before and set out. When we go hiking usually we take tu...rns leading the way, and this day was the same. We hiked for a couple of hours and saw no one on the trail. There was a large field off to the side of the trail with knee high grass and some old trees that had fallen s**ttered throughout the area. We saw a nice spot with a tree we could sit on and room to relax. We ate and relaxed, it was such. "Or you can have fresh fruit." I need to restore my strength," Krissi said. "I need a carbo-load. Hand over the bacon and a cup of coffee and nobody will get hurt." I heard several roads are closed," Devlin said."The trick will be getting to the freeway," a man said. "The local roads might not get plowed today. And I don't expect the streets here in town will get plowed until tomorrow at the earliest. But the freeway is probably open." We have a 4x4," another man said. "I figure we can cut a. They wanted to keep running in and out of the opening as I pulled the hand-truck through the water.The whole trip took about forty minutes, so we decided to make another. I told the dogs to stay this time.This trip was as easy, and it was only six forty-five when I had all twelve of the newly rescued chests in Mom's closet. Six more and we would be done. I asked Mom about another trip and she told me we might do it later, but others would be coming in now.The Latino ladies came from the barn. Then, however, she upped the ante: "You want her to be picked up, don't you?" I admitted it, so she pressed harder, with: "Okay, Mrs. H -- what is Beth gonna have to do to get picked up?" My imagination threw out some pretty sordid pictures -- and Frieda went on to validate them for me: "I'll tell you! She's gonna have to get naked and offer to blow a guy -- at least! More likely, she's gonna have to do more than that! Now, which would you prefer -- Jack, or some four hundred pound black guy.