Beside a small beach surrounded by rocks, Helen disembarked in shallow water. Pushed the canoe out into the lake. Watched as the wind and current took it South across the water. Found a place to camp. Above the rocks, with a view to the bluegreen lake.

She blessed the long underwear, socks, and dry shoes that the green trunk of free clothes had provided.

She still had Clif bars, Red Bull soda, trail mix, chocolate-covered caramels, and The Art of Computer Programming Volume 4 Generating all Trees; History of Combinatorial Generation by Donald E. Knuth. Life could be worse, she thought as she opened her totebag.