" Two hours and several beers later, those words echoed in my mind while I held her hair back as she deposited her five beers into the damp grass at t...he edge of the clearing where the cabin stood. She held her stomach and answered the frogs in the lake with her own croaks. Finally she was empty, but still drunk. Having been there, I knew what would make her feel the best she could under the circumstances.I helped her inside and into the bathroom. I started the water and ran a warm bath for her.. My dad had planned this vacation for months, his yearly trip into the north woods for peace and quiet; basically we all looked forward to it, Mom, me, Johnny and Eric. As usual Dad didn’t get home from work early as intended so we got a delayed start, then there was the traffic going through Boston. By the time we hit the Portsmouth rotary, or as some call it, traffic circle it was getting dark. With no air conditioning all windows were down blowing wind trying to cool us a bit. As the sand. Two girls showed they were horrified at the prospect, whilst thirteen year old Melissa appeared enraptured at the thought of being persistently and continually abused until she expired from exhaustion. “What a way to go” she said quietly. Jesse made instant friends with her as she had something akin to the more adventurous spirit that she herself had.“New Horizon Junction! New Horizon! All disembark for New Horizon!” The conductor made his way down the train carriages making the announcement. At the time, we had only two vehicles, and the SUV was the larger of the two.Liz made sure that Grace knew where to find everything that she might need, including bottles of breast milk stored in the refrigerator that only needed warming. She was told that we might be gone all night in answer to an emergency family matter, but we would return as soon as possible. To keep from upsetting Grace, we did not dress in our "ninja suits" until we were on the highway.Billy was driving, so the other.