You ready to try out sharing a sleeping pack with me on the road yet?" asked Lori softly in the failing afternoon light.The group had pushed as much a...s possible and found a clearing that offered some shelter for the night. They were setting up camp before it became too dark.Everyone had gone in search of something to help quickly with the camp setup, and so it was only himself and Lori left as Dusty setup the stones for an improvised fire pit."Lori, as incredible as I find you I can't do that.. I was a little later than usual, and I normally went south instead of north.The girls told me take a shower when I came into the house after brushing the bottoms of my running shoes off, and said we would eat when I was done.Brushing my teeth was first, followed by a quick shower and shave. I was looking at my face, thinking that maybe I would grow a beard like so many of the players. All I could think of was that it would be hot and itchy if I had a big bushy beard. I'm sure the girls would. But my Dad made me promise to wait. He told me, ‘These little bitches at the Country Club would like to let you into their pants so they can claim you knocked them up and shake me down for a lot of money. You just keep it in your pants for now, boy.’ And my Dad knows…just about everything.’ For a moment Andy reminded me of a motherless little boy who looked to his Daddy for affection and never really got it. That tender emotion passed quickly. ‘He said that on my 18th birthday we could go to. Then he slowly made his way out of the area. From three until six, he was able to crawl about one hundred fifty meters. Spending Sunday watching, now from outside the perimeter, Bret was amused at the frustration of the opponents. By early Tuesday morning Bret was able to reach his extraction point and call for the helicopter. No one was ever able to figure out how Bret accomplished the mission.As in his other training, Bret was considered one of the best when the course was completed. Once.
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