The encounters of the morning had us buzzing with energy as we got back on the horses. We gave Sam some shit for telling us to get our guns, and rode off up the mountain. Before long we stopped for lunch over a deep and wide draw, hoping to hear an elk bugle while we took a break. I found napping difficult given the good night sleep I'd gotten, the excitement from the morning, and the squirrel that was eating nuts in the pine tree above me and dropping the scraps on my head.
