A Vanished Solitude

The thing about taking care of other people's land is you're often not sure who's going to be around. Sometimes you're alone for days on end, and other times there are numerous visitors. I'd been alone here at the LSC for three full days when, on Saturday evening as I was sitting out on the cabin's front porch, two cars pulled up. The next thing I knew Star and her relatives were starting a fire out by the lake and settling in for a family vacation in the country.