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So fishing is what they came for, so that is what we will do. We all had a line in when Jeff and Janet went for a walk around the other side of the lake. That left Lisa and myself to get to know each other. She was a good looking girl. She was twenty five and was on summer vacation from the University in Thunder Bay. With her long brown hair, she looked to be about five foot two, just the size I like.

I got my bottle of whiskey and headed back to the fishing poles and there were two fish on. I let Lisa reel them in and sat back down with my back to a tree, not but twenty feet from the water and handed the bottle to Lisa. She took and then took a mouth full.

The time went by. We had five fish on the keeper line and I was wondering where Jeff and Janet were when out of the bush they came smiling like they were up to no good.

It was now lunchtime, so they pulled out what they had in their ice box. There was a good assortment of food and I was welcome to eat it with them. I helped myself to some chicken, potato salad, some more chicken and to top it off a piece of apple pie with ice cream on top. I told them how much I had enjoyed the food. Jeff put together the makins for a smoke and one for me that I shred with Lisa.

I was leaning on a tree, sitting down when Lisa came up, sat down and put her head on my legs in the laying down position. I felt that she was coming on to me and didn't mind at all.

We all sat around for some time when Lisa asked what I was doing that evening, then asked if I would like to come back with them in to town. I told her I would love to, but I have my horse and I didn't know the area well enough to travel at night and didn't want to leave all my things here. She then looked me in the eye and said that I could bring all of my things and there was a shed that could hold five horses and a couple of bails of hay to feed him or rub him down with. Jeff said it wasn't a shed, but a barn. Lisa also said that she has a place for me to sleep with a big smile on her face. Well how could I say no to a girl looking as good as she was at that moment, so I started to pack up my things and saddle my horse.

The three of them gathered their things and the fish and started back. I walked my horse and let Lisa ride.

There was a road about a half of a mile over the hill that I would be going over when I left my last camp. It ran east and west.

Off to the side of the rode was a blue pick up that Jeff owned. We put everything in the back, unsaddled King, put the saddle in the back, then Lisa asked if she could ride bareback into town. I got up, then helped her up. Jeff and Janet said they would see us back at their house and we were off. It was a couple of miles into town westward on the road.

It was a windy road with lots of open scenery. Lisa held on to me like she was trying to squeeze the life out of me. I had to loosen her hands up some just to get some air in. By the time we made it to their house, it was three thirty in the afternoon.

Jeff had stopped and picked up some steaks and beer. He was going to cook the steaks on the BBQ, but I talked him into letting me cook them over an open flame in the fire pit, the way a bush man would cook them. We all sat around the fire pit. Lisa and I, arm in arm enjoying one another's company.

Once the fire died down and there was just some coals left, I put down a metal screen over some big soccer ball size stones for the meat to cook on. Sitting around with people driving by made me want to go back to the bush, and I think Lisa could feel this. After we ate, Lisa asked me if I would like to go for a walk out in the back field. Jeff gave me a smoke for the walk and we were off.

She took me to a small river where she said she came to be alone, and it was very nice and quiet there. She lay between my legs holding my hand, not saying anything, just enjoying the sounds of nature and the beautiful woman I was with. We must have sat there for forty five minutes before a word was spoken and that is when she asked me to stay with her for the night. I told her I would only if she would come stay with me for a night out in the bush where I live. She said she would and we sealed it with a kiss, our first one. One that I will remember for many years to come.

We made our way back and Jeff was at the fire. We sat and talked about my trip and how it has been. I told them of my stop in North Bay and that I didn't blame them for the way I was treated and that in the bush was where I like to live. Lisa, at this time, gave me a hug and told me that she really liked the bush man she had found out in the bush today.

The sun was going down now. I guessed it to be around nine o'clock at night. I had a few beer, but preferred the whiskey, so I went to get it out of the barn. I came back and we all sat around for a bit, then headed in to bed.

Morning came, the sun was shinning. So I went out to see King, saddle him, and went for a look about. It was about seven in the morning. I didn't want to wake anyone up, so I went for a ride. I was gone for about an hour and a half.