"We have lots of room! People can share the bedrooms and we can spread out in the living room and game room..." Lena surveyed the porch and the dock. ...Unconvinced she said, "There's like twenty people here...plus guys!" Maureen was counting in her head, clicking off with her fingers. She smiled and said, "Actually twenty-five." Lena was about to say something else but a loud engine roared as a big, battered, blue van pulled up to the cottage "car park" and blared its horn. The driver climbed. There wasn't much that was new. There was a lighthouse, but Tybee Island had one of those. There was the beach but that was nothing new either and compared to Georgia the water was cold. Anita looked at them oddly for thinking so, being used to the waters further north.Cheri was teased unmercifully about being Tony's 'daughter', not the least by Tony who, anytime he saw her eating anything (which was constantly if the other girls had any say) he would chide her to 'eat your vegetables', even if. Will’s assistant Janie sat at the table, her blond hair pulled back in a neat bun. She was facing down a quartet of visitors who were standing just inside the front door.“I informed you of Mister Sterling’s availability earlier this afternoon, Lord Morant,” Janie said briskly. “Nothing has changed in the last few hours.”One of the visitors was clearly a sea captain, or trying desperately to look like one. She wore a tricorn hat and a blue frock coat, with high boots over close fitting breeches. They were still traveling through mountains and would be for most of the rest of the trip. This meant that they would often have to trek five or more miles to make two miles of progress toward their destination. But that didn't matter, at least, they were making progress! They wouldn't fill their water barrels quite yet because they didn't want the burden of the extra weight. They would wait until their last night along Bear River before doing that.The situation would improve once they reached.