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I forced myself to stay, and we talked a bit more before I paid and headed back to double-check on everything I was fairly certain with the stuff I had just bought; I was good to go, but I wanted to make sure before the sun went down They still didn’t knohen the blizzard was going to hit, and I didn’t want to be caught trying to do anything in the dark while being snowed on

I h check outside and o With the cooler full of ies that I could simply pack with snow, I could survive comfortably for probably about two months at the very least Ithe sun set, kind of happy I wouldn’t see anyone else in person for a good, long while

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Desiree

The weather was supposed to turn pretty bad soon, but I had lived through bad weather all my life New York wasn’t known as a bastion of inters But the idea of being snowed in in a strange house with no one else wasn’t exactly so anxious about it and decided I needed to do soy before the snow fell

One thing I had always enjoyed that didn’t see Soether that didn’t involve living the lifestyle of a Mob boss was going upstate and hiking through the woods Sa about life Those onderful, innocent days

Whether it was the anxiousness or the nostalgia or both, I was drawn to o out The snoas already coeable There was a spot just up thespot with a long trail, and just getting out for a couple of hours before the snow really hit see to clear my head and relax a little Maybe even have a little fun

I drove up to the spot that was described tonot to feel the pangs of disappointment as I passed by all the holiday decor on the storefronts and lampposts I parked in the little area by the entrance to the trail No one else was there, and I locked up the car before stepping out into the woods It was so quiet out there, no sound other thanthe leaves It was still very early in thethe mountains in the east I stopped for a bit to watch it,if I should head back The clouds were co when it hit the ground

There was an overlook ahead that I realized had beenabout anything specific until I ithin a few hundred yards of it As I got closer, I realized it wasn’t connected to the path but just a little way through the woods beside it The snoas starting to come down a little harder now, but it only added to the et on the rock that was jutting out over the eous vista to send back to Sammi It was at that moment I realized I had left my phone in the holder connected to the dash I reot the phone Gruravated that I would have to transfer the pictures I took to the laptop and then email them to myself so I could then text them to her

As I got to the overlook, however, the snoas coht withup because the snoould hit it After snapping a few shots and cursing rather loudly, I decided to head back before it got any worse The idea of slipping into a war, and I cli rock and into the woods

I started cliht was the direction I ca a little to get to trees I could hold on to or go around underbrush slowly piling up snow on top of thely in , I reached the top of the hill I was cli, but the path wasn’t there I looked up and down the area for a few moments before I turned around and tried to see the overlook