Awakening Sheeple

~ Chapter 10 ~

On our drive the next morning to the cabin we talked about our encounter the night before, he was worried that he had offended me. I just squeezed his hand and told him it was fine, we had both won on that one.

We drove in silence for a while holding hands, he would kiss the back of my hand every so often, silent, deep thoughts brewing. After stopping for gas we chatted and dreamed aloud before finally arriving at our sequestered destination.

The real estate agent met us at the end of the dirt road to give us the paperwork and the keys to our new home away from home.

We started down the twisting, bumpy, narrow road, "Our own private nudist colony!" Kaysen joked. I just smiled knowing he wasn't totally kidding.

The road was very mucky and still icy in patches. We had no problems on the rough terrain in our new four wheel drive truck. Someone had already been in and started a fire for us and turned on the power and water. It was amazing. The energy was clean, calm and quiet, just like I remembered it.

We looked around to see what was there. All the furniture was the same, the fridge was full of food, the windows were clean and overlooking the pristine private lake. We went out onto the deck and he wrapped his arms around my waist as we both took in a long deep cleansing breath.

"Remember the gazebo?" He pointed down the path beside the cabin.

"I do," my mind flipped back in time to that crazy moment.

"Do you want to go over there now? Maybe go, down under?" He queried.

I pondered that thought for a moment, "not right now but later for sure. I am thinking of unpacking first."

"Sounds good Love, lets go inside." He took my hand a towed me into the cabin. Grabbing all the bags, he lead the way upstairs. What a gentleman, he always treats me like a lady. He dropped the bags on the bed and turned to give me a big hug. "You unpack and get comfy, I just want to run outside for a minute."

Kaysen left the cabin and came back a few minutes later, "hey, do you want to go for a ride?"

I must have looked perplexed, he added, "I had a couple of four wheelers delivered and they are in the shed!"

"Ah! Ok I guess. I have never driven one, but I am game!" It sounded like fun and how hard could it be?

First I had to learn to start it, then I had to learn to not stall it! Once I got the hang of it we went for a long ride. The sun was out, no bugs at all and lots of mud. When he hit a puddle in front of me, I got splashed, he laughed, I didn't so much. When I hit a muddy spot, I got splashed, he laughed... I still didn't. When we stopped to look around, I slipped and fell in the mud, he laughed and so did I. It was turning out to be quite a clumsy, fun affair! When we were walking around the other lake property, it was called Charm Lake and ours was Melody Lake, we found the location for the spiritual community. It was all staked out and easy to envision. We hopped back on the four wheelers and made our way around the other side of the lake heading home. We came upon a large creek where the water was moving very quickly in spots. We drove slowly along the side looking for a good place to cross.

That's when we found a bridge made of logs, the water covered it slightly. Must have been some hunters that made it we thought. Kaysen tested it out first and I followed. There was a path on the other side so we followed it. This was still our property. We came upon a clearing in the woods and a rickety old, small log cabin. It appeared to be empty, we could feel no energy. We parked the ATVs to take a better look around. There was a flattened area around a fire pit and rocks piled in rows all around forming a large labyrinth. The grass was trodden down between the fire and the cabin like there had been a party with a lot of people or something.