Al is right; an oar raft is simpler than a paddle raft. The rest of it, the camping and cooking and handling the customers, well, they like to do it t...heir way, but we learned some of that at OLTA, and the rest is pretty simple. We'll be giving the customers some lectures on how to live on the river, and you want to listen to them, too, there are a few special things that only apply here."As much as Scooter had camped out on the AT and elsewhere, she'd only rarely slept under the stars -- the. We were pretty much in a good financial state and were starting a family. A lot of people started out with a lot less and they did it, why couldn’t we? I arrived at Jen’s house a little earlier than usual. We still had our tickets for the baseball game. When I arrived Jen had on her baseball cap and jersey. She smiled at me when Charles let me in. She gave me a light kiss and told me she was nervous. We walked in the living room and asked her parents if I could talk with them. John gave me that. ” She said quietly, her breathing shallow. I looked at her, “Ms. Walker I do this for a living, I've heard every offer there is, and I have never found anything to them but bullshit. It may just be your survival instinct kicking in, I don’t know, but you are not the first to make offers you can’t deliver.” I pressed the barrel against her skull and again prepared to do what I was sent for. She looked up her eyes pleading to be heard and said,” I’ll make you a deal, I’ll give you the best. Is that what you want to do? And if it is, can you tell me why?’ ‘I have a personal dilemma I need to resolve … and then I’d like to do something with my life. I’m tired of being a trophy wife to a has-been who has nothing to show for his career but a few trophies and a championship ring.’ Toby chuckled for a moment and shrugged his shoulders. ‘Hell, baby girl, that’s all I had when I married your mom.’ ‘Yes, I know. I shouldn’t have let you use the same criteria to pick out a husband for me.’.