Donner Expedition - Chapter Three

Chapter One

Chapter Two

We grabbed the food and went into the tent to eat it. The rain got worse and worse, and even came into the tent in one place. But we just moved stuff around, made a video clip of the situation, and tried to enjoy being stuck in there. Eventually the downpour faded to sprinkling, and the rain stopped altogether. By the time the storm was over, it was completely dark and we had no fire. The rain had doused it, and we were kicking ourselves for not storing any of the firewood inside the tent or car. Ooops.

Kerry and Joy wanted to call home, and I wanted to call my grandparents in case they had been worrying about us through that storm. Unfortunately, we were too far out in the middle of nowhere to get a cell phone signal. So we got into the car and drove a couple of miles down the highway toward my grandparents' town. We got into the phone's range, pulled over, and made our calls. Then we realized that we should try to get ahold of Jason. Most of our friends were travelling, but he was still at college. We wanted to brag to him about all the things we had done so far. We tried to reach him, but he had changed rooms and there seemed to be no one in the dorm that we could ask. So we gave up and headed back to the campground.

We entered and followed the winding road to where we had left everything. It was totally dark and very misty, and the only light came from our headlights. As we rounded the last corner, we saw light - a fire to be exact. My first thought was, "Yay, we have neighbors." Then I realized that was our campsite and our fire! The fire was not only there, it was huge and blazing, overflowing the fire pit. Just then Kerry saw a shadow pass behind the fire, and she was pretty sure it was a person.