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The Grippe
Part Twenty Two of the Ranch Days series
By Maz McCoy
Gerrard jumped down from the seat as Nathan pulled the wagon to a halt in front of the barn and applied the brake. Gerrard stretched his back and groaned.
"I must be getting' old cos that seemed like the longest ride back from town ever."
"I know what you mean." Nathan placed a foot on the wagon wheel before lowering himself to the ground. He rolled his head from side to side. "My neck, sure aches. And my back!"
"Hark at you two old women!" Bill chuckled as he walked towards them. "Want me to have Jeff put a cushion on the seat for ya next time?"
"You know that's not a bad idea."
"Go right ahead and ask him, Nathan, only make sure I'm there when you do." Bill gave each wagon horse a pat as he ran an expert eye over the animals.
"Maybe he'll let us put a mattress in the back too. Then I can have a nap on the way home." Gerrard suggested as he grabbed their bags from the wagon bed.
"Who's plannin' on nappin'?" a familiar voice asked and they turned to see the ranch foreman, Jeff Collins, leaning on the corral fence, watching them.
"Just wishful thinkin', Boss," Gerrard informed him, amiably.
"Glad to hear it, cos I got another job for you two." Jeff tipped his hat back and smiled.
"Nathan, I told you we should have stayed in town a few hours longer!" Gerrard complained.
"What do you mean, you didn't ask her?"
Nathan let out a heavy sigh and looked up at Collins, who stood hands on hips, behind his desk.
"You heard."
"Yeah, and correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the whole idea of you ridin' into town so you COULD ask her?"
"I don't know why you're getting so all fired up, anyone would think you wanted to marry her." Nathan shot a quick look at the foreman. "You don't, do ya?"
"I'm gonna pretend you didn't ask me that." Jeff sat down in his old leather chair. "Sit down, Nathan."
Nathan pulled over a chair and sat.
"So tell me why you didn't ask her."
"Didn't get the chance."
"You were in town for two days waiting for that shipment. Don't tell me you didn't see her?" Collins' eyes narrowed and he waited. Nathan turned his hat in his hands.
"I saw her."
Collins sat back in his chair. The clock on the wall ticked. And tocked. The hat turned. Tick. Collins' chair creaked. Tock. Nathan sighed. Tick. Tock.
"I just got to thinking…" He looked up and met Jeff's gaze. The foreman remained silent. "What have I got to offer her? What possible reason could she have for saying yes?"
"She might love you; as crazy as that sounds."
"But is it enough?"
"It is for you, Why not for her?"
"Because women – need things. Where would we live for a start?"
"She has a house."
"But that's in town. I can't give up my job. I don't want to give up my job. She can't move out here so. We'd never see each other."
"Is that all?"
"All? I think it's a pretty big problem, don't you? I thought the whole point of being married was to be together?"
Jeff leaned forward resting his elbows on the desk.
"We could speak to Mr Culver. See about building another cabin."
"With the ranch in trouble do you seriously think…?"
"Who told you the ranch was in trouble?"
"Jeff, we can read between the lines. Well except Gerrard. I'm not sure he can read at all. We hear stuff."
"What stuff?"
"Just stuff. You and Bill talking in hushed tones. Mister Culver looking worried. You scowling at everyone after you've spoken to him. Stuff."
"No one's mentioned this in town have they?"
"Not that I know of but some of the men are worried. I guess that's another reason not to get married. Maybe I won't have a job soon?"
"You'll have a job, Nathan. The Bar T is fine. We're going through tough times but the ranch is – fine."
"If you say so."
"I do say so and I'll have words with anyone who says otherwise, is that clear?"
"Sure thing – Boss." He pushed the chair back and stood up. "Okay if I go back to work now, Mister Collins?"
Jeff sighed.
"Nathan, I didn't mean…" He looked up at his friend. "Sit down."
"Think I'd prefer to stand."
Jeff took a deep breath.
"Sit. Down."
Nathan sat.
"Times are hard for everyone. You know Mark went back East to secure more funds for the ranch?" Nathan nodded. "Then you know we're doing all we can. Make sure the boys know that, all right?"
"All right." Nathan met Jeff's gaze. "Can I stand up now?"
Collins nodded and Nathan stood and turned to go.
"When you see her next, make sure you ask her!"
Nathan smiled and nodded.
"I lost the darn key years ago." Henry shook the box listening to the rattle inside.
"What's in it?" Jed asked before he bit into an apple. Jed and Heyes stood in the cook's store room. They were helping move boxes and sacks to clear the way for the supplies Nathan and Gerrard had brought back from town.
"Darned if I can remember." Henry replaced the box on a shelf.
"So it could contain money? A fortune maybe?" Heyes' eyes widened with excitement at the idea of long forgotten treasure. He put down the sack he was carrying.
"Money, maybe. A fortune, I doubt. Reckon I'd remember if I had anything that could be called a fortune," Henry chuckled.
Heyes picked up the box and studied it. It was about eight inches long, four wide and maybe three inches deep. The top was decorated with a carved flower; maybe a rose. It didn't look expensive but the lock, the small lock no one else could open, fascinated him.
"I bet I can open it."
"So could I if I hit it with a hammer," the cook informed him as he indicated where Jed could put the next box. "But I want the contents intact."
"Hmm." Heyes put down the box. "I'll work on it."
"You do that, son, you do that. In the meantime get that sack over there."
Nathan was tired. Bone-weary. Dog-tired. Worn-out. Exhausted. Shattered and downright beat. He was covered in trail dust, every muscle in his body ached and his head hurt. For a man practically born in the saddle he felt like a novice after his first trail ride. He shivered, then closed his eyes and rested his head against his horse's warm neck. In truth he hadn't been feeling his best since he returned from town the day before and boy, did he have a headache! It felt as if someone had his head in a vice and wouldn't stop squeezing. His horse nudged him and he looked up.
"Sorry, girl. Best get you settled down for the night, huh?" He undid the cinch on the saddle, letting it drop from his hands. Nathan took hold of the saddle horn, pulled the saddle from the animal's back and promptly dropped it in the hay. "What the…?" He looked at his hands as the stall began to spin. No, he was NOT going to throw up here! His knees were as weak as…Oh no!
"What?" Bill Napier looked up from the gelding's hoof he was examining, to see Jeff Collins, heading towards the bunkhouse, carrying someone over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He narrowed his eyes in the afternoon light and realised it was – Gerrard. "What the…?"
"He passed out in the corral. Get Henry will ya?"
"Sure." Bill headed, at a run, towards the cookhouse.
"What in blazes happened?" Henry asked as Jeff laid Gerrard down on his bunk.
"He passed out. One minute he was standing up moaning about the job I'd given him, the next he face planted in the dirt." Jeff stood back next to Bill and looked down at the ranch hand. Gerrard began to shiver. Henry leaned forward and placed a palm on the younger man's forehead.
"He's running a fever but from the way he's shivering you'd think he was cold."
"D'you want me to get the doc?" Bill offered.
The foreman looked at the cook.
"What do you think?"
"Give it a few hours, see if the fever breaks."
"All right. Keep an eye on him."
"I will."
With a worried glance back at Gerrard, Bill and Jeff left the bunkhouse.
"I tell you I'll open it," Hannibal Heyes assured his friend as he and Jed entered the barn.
"I'm working on it." Heyes peered into the first stall. It was clean. Good, less work for him.
"Without a key?" Jed leaned against the door.
"Yes." Heyes headed to the next stall.
"When Henry has already tried?"
"Yes." The stall's occupant put her head over the door and nuzzled Heyes. He gave her neck a pat then moved on. "You don't believe I can do it, do ya?"
"Heyes, if you say you can…"
"Then I guess you can."
"I was right, you don't believe me!"
"I just said…"
"I figured it out last night."
Not listening to Heyes, Jed stroked the nose of his favourite horse.
"I figured out how the lock must work. If I can find a piece of metal to move the workings inside the lock, Henry won't need the key to open it."
Jed looked around the barn and Heyes frowned.
"Were you listening to a word I said?"
"I thought so."
"My genius is wasted on you!"
"Does that mean you'll stop telling me about it?"
Heyes' eyes narrowed at the hopefully tone in his friend's voice.
Jed's shoulders dropped.
"So what are we looking for?"
"A small piece of metal. I'll know it when I see it." Heyes lifted a tarpaulin but dismissed whatever was under it.
"So how can I help if I don't know what to look for?"
"Do you always hafta ask so many questions?"
"Only when I'm given a dumb assignment."
Heyes turned to face him.
"Ass- sign –ment? Big word day, huh? You won't say it's dumb when I open the box."
"IF you open the box."
"So try the tack room. I'm sure Marty has something you could use."
"I was going to."
Jed mumbled something that Heyes couldn't hear then noticed one of the stalls was open. As he headed towards it he realised it was Nathan's horse inside. He swung open the door and… "HEYES!"
The dark haired young man spun on his heels in time to see Jed disappear from view. When Heyes reached the stall, Jed was kneeling in the hay beside Nathan's still form. Their friend lay face down, a hand resting on the saddle beside him.
"Nathan?" Jed shook his shoulders. "Nathan?"
No response.
"Is he breathing?" Heyes asked and he crouched beside him.
"I think so." Jed placed his hand on their friend's back and felt the faint rise and fall of his ribs. "He's breathing but he sure looks pale."
"I'll get help." Heyes got to his feet and headed out of the barn.
"It's gonna be okay, Nathan. Heyes' gone to get help."
"The doc should be here soon," Collins announced as he stood at the foot of Nathan's bunk. The younger man nodded weakly; a sheen of sweat covered his face.
"Don't know what…" He broke off as a bout of coughing racked his body. The congestion on his lungs was there for all to hear. When the coughing passed he looked at Jeff. "What this is."
"Best leave the diagnosis to the doctor."
"Best keep folk – away in case – case it's…" Cough. Cough. Cough. " Case it's conta…Gerrard has it so…"
"We thought of that. The men are real pleased to be sleeping in the barn."
"Bet they are." His voice was now barely more than a whisper. Nathan attempted a smile and ended up coughing again.
Henry entered the room carrying a bowl of water and a couple of cloths. He set the bowl on the floor beside Gerrard's bunk, dipped the cloth into the water, wrung it out and laid it across the man's forehead.
"How is he?" Nathan asked, his voice gravelly.
"Fading in and out of consciousness. I don't like the sound of his breathing," Henry informed him as he picked up the bowl and rounded the bunk. He perched beside Nathan and repeated the task with cloth and water. "That help?" he asked as he placed the cloth on Nathan's forehead.
"Yeah. Feels good. Just so tired."
"Rest easy."
Nathan closed his eyes. It wasn't long before he was sound asleep.
Bedrolls were laid out on the floor of the barn and shaving kits were stashed as the men of the Bar T made themselves comfortable in their new accommodation. Jed sat leaning back against the stall where they had found Nathan and darned a sock. At least that's what he was attempting to do. The once small hole now had layers of darning thread pulling it tightly together into an uncomfortable looking lump. Beside him Heyes tried to get the hay beneath his bedroll as flat as possible. He lay down. Sat up. Shifted some of the hay. Lay down again. Sat up. Nope, still not right. He shifted more hay.
"Will you just sit still?" Jed snapped.
"What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing. What's the matter with you? You must have that hay flattened by now."
"Well, I haven't and you'll wish you'd done the same if you find a lump you can't get rid of."
"Already got one of those!"
"I heard that."
"Leave him alone, Heyes, he's worried about Nathan."
Heyes looked up at Marty, then cast a glance at his friend. The expression on Jed's face told him it was true.
"We all are. We're worried about both of them."
"Here." Marty held something out to him and Heyes took it. It was an old door lock and a screwdriver.
"I thought you could open it, have a look inside, see how it works. Might help you figure out Henry's lock."
Heyes smiled.
"Thanks, Marty." He shot a look at Jed. "It's good to know someone has faith in my abilities.
"Marty don't have faith, Heyes," Bill informed him as he walked passed. "He's just hoping to shut you up about that darn box."
Jed snorted and received another glare.
Jeff Collins sat on the bunkhouse steps and waited. He wasn't good at waiting, especially when it was for the prognosis of a doctor. He turned when the door finally opened and the doctor stepped outside.
"It's influenza," the doctor announced. He descended the steps as Jeff got quickly to his feet.
"How bad?"
Collins rested his hands on his hips and stared at the ground. The medic rested a hand on his shoulder.
"You should prepare them for the worst, Jeff. You may lose one of them. Maybe both. I'm not being pessimistic but Gerrard's lungs are badly congested. I don't like him losing consciousness."
"And Nathan?"
The doctor looked toward the corral where several of the hands were gathered, ostensibly working but clearly with one eye on the bunkhouse, awaiting news.
"This is a nasty disease. We've had several cases in town. Little Gloria Hepworth passed last night. She was only six years old. Maggie's only girl too."
"I'm sorry to hear that." He followed the doctor to his carriage and waited as the man climbed on board.
"Your men are strong and fit. They'll fight it but I have no guarantees for you."
"How long?"
"It'll be a few days until it passes or…"
"Yeah, I got it."
"Keep them isolated. Give them lots of fluids; as often as possible. Broth when they can take it. I've left some powders with Henry that might help." He picked up the reins. "I'll be back when I can. If things turn bad send for me."
Jeff stood beside the horses lost in thought.
"What is it?"
"Nathan's been seeing Mrs Eldon."
"So I heard."
"D'you think I should…?"
"Let her come and see him? Just in case?"
"Might not be a bad idea. If she wants to. She has to be told the risks to her own health."
Jeff nodded.
"I'll see to it."
He stood back to allow the horses room as the doctor rode away.
Gerrard's throat seemed to squeak as he breathed then another bout of coughing beset his body. Through red, watery eyes he looked at Henry as the cook placed another cloth on the sick man's forehead.
"Thank- you."
"You're welcome, son."
"Never felt – felt – this bad – before." Cough. Cough. COUGH! He held his stomach as the coughing took its toll.
"Let's sit you up a bit." Henry grabbed a pillow for the neighbouring bunk and placed it behind Gerrard's head, raising him into a more comfortable position.
"Good. Should help you breathe easier."
Over by the bunkhouse door Jeff lowered his voice as he spoke to Bill Napier.
"If I knew where his brother was I'd get in touch with him."
"You think it's that bad?"
A look from his boss gave Bill his answer.
"I'm sure he said Tucker was in Abilene, last he knew, but he could be anywhere by now."
"Well, it's a place to start. I'll have one of the boys ride into town and send a telegram."
"Bill says the boys are settled in the barn," Henry stated as he set a bowl of steaming soup on the table in front of the foreman. He placed a bread roll beside it then pointed to the food. "Eat!"
"I'm not…"
"Yes, you are. Having you pass out from hunger ain't gonna help them none."
Jeff looked at the cook.
"Well, I'm right ain't I?"
Jeff didn't reply.
"Okay! I'll eat." He picked up the spoon, took a scoopful and shoved it in his mouth and immediately realised just how hungry he was. Henry smiled when he saw Jeff's expression.
"Told ya."
"Since when have you been so damn smart?" Collins muttered through a mouthful.
"Always have been you just ain't noticed." Jeff smiled as he shoved the spoon back into his mouth and Henry sat down opposite him, nursing a cup of coffee. "Bill send for Mrs Eldon?"
"Yeah. Marty went into town with strict instructions to go straight to her house and then ride back with her if that's what she wanted."
"D'you think she'll come?"
Jeff looked over at Nathan, lying wheezing on his bunk.
"She'll come."
"You sure you cleaned the stalls out?" Marty asked as he settled beneath his blanket for what he considered to be a well-deserved nap.
"Yes," Jed assured him as he hefted a bale of hay into a stall.
"Sure don't smell like it."
"Maybe that ain't horses you're smellin' Marty," Bill suggested as he walked by.
"Yeah, that Kid could sure use a bath!" one of the new hands called from somewhere near the barn door.
"A bath? I don't think he knows what that is," Heyes added before inserting a piece of metal into the lock of Henry's box.
"Very funny!" Jed retorted then leaning his head lower on his chest he sniffed. Nah! He was good for another day or two.
A soft hand rested on his forehead. A feminine hip moved next to his and the smell of rosewater filled his nostrils. Nathan knew he must be dreaming so he didn't open his eyes. He liked this dream. Imagining Annabelle close to him was nice; comforting and something he wanted more of. Her sweet voice whispered his name and he smiled.
"Nathan, I know you can hear me, you're smiling. Open your eyes."
He did as she asked and two beautiful eyes looked back at him.
"Hello," he rasped sleepily.
"Don't disappear."
"Why would I do that?"
"S'what dreams – do."
"I'm not a dream."
"You are to me."
She brushed a strand of hair away from his damp forehead and he frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"You here?"
"For real?" Cough.
Annabelle nodded.
"I'm here."
Another frown.
"What are you – doing here?" Cough. COUGH! COUGH!
"Here." She held out a glass of water and helped him take a drink.
"Go home. You shouldn't – be here."
"You need nursing."
"No. Go home. I don't – want you to…" COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! Nathan fought to get his breath and Annabelle cast a worried glance at Henry. The cook walked over to the bunk.
"Don't forget to breathe, son," he advised, helpfully.
"Get her – outta here."
"Remember your manners, Nathan. Mrs Eldon came all the way out here to help you. Least you could do is show some gratitude."
"GET. HER. OUTTA. HERE!" COUGH. COUGH. Deep intake of breath. Nathan doubled over as the coughing got the better of him.
"Maybe you should step outside for a moment," Henry suggested to Annabelle. "Get a breath of fresh air."
"Don't come back." Nathan rasped, harshly. He didn't see the hurt look on her face as she exited the bunkhouse.
"He just doesn't want you catching it." Jeff leaned against the porch post, his arms folded across his chest.
Annabelle sat on a chair, her hands resting in her lap.
"I know but I'm not going back to town." She looked up at him. "He'll just have to lump it!"
Jeff smiled kindly.
"He won't like it."
"I know." She smiled. "Who knows, maybe the fight will help him beat this."
The sun was beginning to sink towards the horizon when Jeff stepped out of the bunkhouse onto the porch. Some of the men were in the corral, others he could see riding out to where the herd was. The sound of a hammer rang out from the barn and in the open doorway Heyes was showing something to Jed. The blond boy didn't seem all that interested but even as the youngster walked away, Heyes followed him. Life on the ranch continued as normal, as if nothing had happened, but it had. Collins' shoulders dropped and he lowered himself wearily onto the top step and sat down. Through unfocussed eyes he stared at the dirt at the bottom of the steps.
No answer.
Bill Napier took a step closer.
"Jeff? You all right?"
The foreman looked up.
"I asked if you were all right. You look a little dazed."
Jeff didn't respond and Bill waited. Clearly something was troubling his friend.
"Bill, I…Er…" Jeff looked up to meet the other man's gaze. "Gerrard's…He died."
The silence in the barn was palpable. Even the horses seemed to sense that something was wrong and remained uncharacteristically quiet in their stalls. The Bar T ranch hands were lost in their thoughts after Bill had delivered the news of Gerrard's death. Marty sat on a bale of hay staring at the ground. Bill leaned against a barn door watching the men. Heyes turned the door lock, now opened to reveal its workings, although it had suddenly lost its appeal. Jed looked at the saddle he'd cleaned the day before, for a man who would never ride again, and swallowed the lump in his throat.
Jeff Collins coughed as he reached the top of the steps that led into the bunkhouse and realised he was sweating. He was out of breath which was ridiculous because he'd only walked down from the Big House after informing the Culvers of Gerrard's passing. Mrs Culver had immediately volunteered to arrange the funeral and to see to it that his kin were informed, somehow. Jeff was grateful for their assistance and until he climbed the steps to the bunkhouse hadn't realised just how tired he was. He'd hardly slept in the past few days, so it wasn't surprising. He put a hand on the wall beside the door to support himself and just then the door opened and Annabelle Eldon stepped out carrying a lantern. He was too slow to hide his fatigue from her and noted the concerned look she gave him as he pushed off the wall and stood up straight.
"You told the Culvers?" she asked.
"Yeah. Mrs Culver's gonna organise things. The funeral and such."
"That's good. One less thing for you to worry about."
He nodded vaguely and Annabelle reached out, placing a hand on his forehead. Jeff pulled away, taking a step back, but Annabelle was a determined woman and when she followed him and replaced her hand he didn't argue. She frowned.
"You have a fever, Jeff."
"No, I'm just hot from the walk back."
"You have a fever."
"I can't be sick."
"I don't think you have a choice about that." She rested her hand on his arm. "Come inside and sit down. I'll fix us some tea."
"Mrs Eldon, I…"
"It's Annabelle and yes, you can take a minute for yourself. Come in. Sit down. Have something to drink. Maybe you are just tired or maybe you have it too."
"I can't."
"The ranch won't fall apart if you take a day or two to fight this."
Jeff took a moment to look at her.
"You shouldn't be here, Nathan's right. It's dangerous for you."
"Don't you think I knew that? I want to be with Nathan. I told you I won't leave him. I want to help him. And I want to help you too."
His eyes were rimmed with redness when he looked at her.
"If I've got it, I need to see Bill."
Jeff cast a glance towards the barn but Annabelle, pulled on his arm.
"Come and sit down. I can always take a message to him."
Jeff smiled.
"Nathan's gonna have his hands full with you as his wife."
"I said, he's…Oh. He didn't ask you, did he?"
"Ask me what?" She had a pretty good idea and it set off a swarm of tiny butterflies in her stomach.
Jeff shook his head.
"I shouldn'ta said anything. Guess my brain's muddled too."
"Not so much you can't tell me what you two talked about."
"Mrs…" He saw the look she gave him. "Annabelle. I think it's best if Nathan asks you…Tells you. I mean best if he tells you, what we talked about." Without another word he walked passed her into the bunkhouse. Behind him Annabelle Eldon bit her lip and smiled.
Mid-morning the next day, Annabelle looked up at the sound of a knock on the bunkhouse door. Henry was busy in the back room so she walked over, opened it and was surprised to see a boy standing on the porch. He whipped off his hat when he saw her.
"Ma'am," he said politely and she recognised him.
"It's Ned, isn't it?"
"Jed, ma'am."
"I'm sorry, yes, Jed." She smiled. "What can I do for you? Did you need Henry? Mr Collins is…"
"Who is it?" Henry asked before Jed could answer. He appeared beside Annabelle. "Jed? What d'you want, son?"
"I…Er…It's just that…Er." He looked down at the hat he held. Henry stepped passed Mrs Eldon and onto the porch.
"Let's have a word out here." Placing a hand on Jed's shoulder he steered him away from the door. Annabelle closed it behind him. "All right, let's hear it."
"Whatever it is you came for."
"I came to see Nathan."
"Uh huh."
"So can I? See him?"
"The boss said to keep you all away."
"I know but you let Mrs Eldon in."
"She happens to be in love with Nathan. What's your excuse?"
The youngster looked away.
No reply.
Henry sat on a wooden bench that ran beneath the bunkhouse window and waited. Give the kid long enough and he'd spit it out. Sure enough only a couple of minutes passed before Jed turned to face him.
"I didn't get to say goodbye."
Henry's brow furrowed.
"Who to?" He thought about it. "Gerrard?"
"NO! I mean…Well yeah, sort of but that's not what I mean."
"Maybe you should just explain."
Jed let out a heavy sigh and leaned back against the porch rail. He stabbed at the wooden boards with the toe of his boot.
"I didn't get to say goodbye to my folks. I wasn't there when they died. I never got to tell them…" He looked up at Henry. "You know?"
"I know."
"If Nathan…I'd just like to see him…In case."
Henry nodded.
"I understand. Reckon you're being a mite pessimistic about his chances but I do understand."
"So can I see him?"
Henry stood up and walked back over to the door.
"We don't want you catching it, Jed."
"Seeing as I was the one who found him when he was sick, don't you think I'da caught it by now?"
Henry smiled and shook his head.
"I thought you're always telling me Heyes is the smart one."
"I like to let him think that." Jed grinned. "So, can I see him?"
"Nathan?" Jed stepped closer to the bed, clearly concerned by the pallor of his friend's complexion and the rasp of each breath. "Nathan?"
Two eyes opened.
"Hey, kid." The man attempted a smile but clearly that took too much effort.
Jed smiled.
"Hi. How you doin'?"
"Not so good." His voice was little more than a whisper. He worked hard to focus on Jed's face. "You behay – behaving – yourself?"
"Sure." Jed lowered himself onto the neighbouring bunk. "They got us all bunked in the barn."
"Heyes – complainin'?"
"Of course. Although he's got a lock he's working on trying to open so that keeps him quiet most of the time."
"It's a long story. I'll tell you when you're better." Jed looked at his feet then back at his friend. "I know you're gonna get better."
"Sure am." A sudden bout of coughing gripped him and Jed watched with concern as his friend fought for enough air to breathe. Cough. Cough. COUGH! COUGH! Wheeze. GASP. GASP. Nathan closed his eyes, exhausted by the sheer effort of breathing.
Jed stood up.
"I'll let you get some rest." Nathan merely nodded. "You take care, Nathan." Jed headed for the door, stopped when he reached it to take one last look back at his friend before leaving the bunkhouse.
"Jeff, d'you want me to…?" Henry stopped in the doorway of Jeff Collin's office. The ranch foreman was not at his desk. "Jeff?" Still there was no reply so Henry entered the room and headed for the door leading to the bedroom. It sat ajar so he knocked and pushed it open as he did so.
"Jeff, you in there?" What he saw made him cuss. "S#%$!" He hurried to his friend's side. Collins lay on his side on his bed shivering as sweat covered his forehead. "Jeff, you hear me, son?"
The foreman's eyes opened.
"It's okay, Jeff. It's okay. Let's getcha more comfortable." Grabbing hold of Collins' legs he swung him around until he was lying on his back, head resting on the pillow. Henry picked up a blanket and covered him.
"I'll be all right in a – minute."
"Sure, you will," Henry agreed. He watched the sick man for a moment then headed to the kitchen. It seemed more cloths and broth were gonna be needed.
Heyes found Jed in one of the rear stalls talking quietly to the horse inside. Something made him pause by the open door and listen.
"Later I'll bring you an apple. You'd like that wouldn't ya?" Jed tugged the horse's ear and got nuzzled back in response. "Gotta keep you fit for when you go out again." He rested his head against the animal's neck. "You know he's gonna be fine don'tcha? Don't you worry about him, okay? I saw him and he's…Well, he's gonna be fine."
"You went to see Nathan?"
Jed jumped at the sound of Heyes' voice as his friend entered the stall.
"Sheesh! Don't sneak up on people!"
"You went to see Nathan?"
"You shouldn't listen to folks' conversations!"
"You were talking to a horse! She's hardly likely to answer back."
Jed turned back to the horse and stroked her neck.
"All the same you shouldn't."
"You talk to Nathan?"
Jed's shoulders dropped.
"Well? Did ya?"
Jed turned to face Heyes.
"He don't look good. He…He's real sick, Heyes. I'm not sure if he…" Jed blinked a couple of times as his eyes misted over. He swiped at his nose with the back of his hand. He turned back and stroked the horse's neck.
"He's tough, he'll be fine." Heyes was trying to convince himself as much as Jed.
"I hope you're right."
Heyes laid a hand on his friend's shoulder and smiled.
"When am I not?"
Jed gave him a look.
Jeff Collins felt the cool cloth on his forehead but didn't have the strength to open his eyes.
"Th – Thanks," he managed.
"You're welcome," replied a familiar feminine voice.
It couldn't be. Jeff's eyes opened and he came face to face with…
"Rosa? You're here?"
"Of course. Why should Annabelle get all the fun nursing her man, when I can nurse mine?"
Her man? Had she just called him her man? He smiled.
"I love you. I love you."
The cloth was placed on his forehead again and he heard a chuckle. Jeff opened his eyes to see Henry perched on a chair beside his bed. Henry smiled.
"I hope you're not expectin' me to say it back."
Henry pushed the chair back and stood up. Jeff looked around. Where was Rosalind? Henry saw his boss' puzzled expression.
"She ain't here, son. You were dreamin'. Least ways I hope you were." He picked up the bowl of water and chuckled again as he left the room.
For Henry and for Annabelle Eldon the hours became a routine of cooling cloths, bowls of hot broth and listening to the sound of two strong, fit men gasping for every life's breath they took. The sound of their painful coughing was audible outside the bunkhouse too. As the ranch hands went about their chores they'd stop every now and then and give a thoughtful glance towards the bunkhouse. Annabelle held the hand of the man she knew she loved and prayed that he would not die. Henry stood watch over men he'd come to call his friends and who were as close to him as any family he had ever known. The clock ticked and everyone waited for the killer to run its course. Bill organised the moving Gerrard's body. But how many graves would they need to dig?
The ground was so hard the ranch hands took turns digging the grave. It was backbreaking work but not a single complaint was heard as they did that one last thing for their friend. The funeral was held at the ranch and Gerrard Dodson was laid to rest in the small plot at the top of the hill overlooking the ranch house. The hands stood around the grave, hats in their hands, heads bowed in solemn silence, as the preacher and then Jeff Collins stepped forward and said a few words. Jeff's eulogy was broken by a bout of coughing but he continued all the same. Nathan's dark-ringed eyes met Collins' for a moment of shared understanding before the foreman continued. Each man then took it in turns to throw a shovel full of soil on top of the coffin.
Mrs Culver had arranged a small buffet for the mourners which unfortunately did not include Gerrard's brother, Tucker. Despite numerous telegrams no one had been able to locate him. The men headed down the hill, replacing their hats as they walked away.
"Jeff said there was something you wanted to ask me," Mrs Eldon said casually as she walked with Nathan down the hill.
"He did?"
"He say what?"
"No. Said he'd leave that to you."
"Oh, good, that's good."
Annabelle smiled at the relief she heard in his voice. He wasn't getting off that easily.
"So what was it?"
"What did you want to ask me?"
"I don't rightly remember."
"You don't?"
"Nope. Whatever it was it's gone."
"It couldn't have been anything important then?" Did he detect the slight bristle in her voice?
"Guess not."
She stopped walking and turned to glare at him.
"Nathan! You are the…"
"What? What'd I do?"
"It's what you didn't do! I sat up all night nursing you, mopping your darn fevered brow and you can't even find the courage to…Ahhh! Men!" She turned and walked away.
"Annabelle? ANNABELLE! What'd I do?"
"You said some nice things about him." Rosalind Tanner touched Jeff's arm as he planted his hat firmly on his head.
"Least I could do." His eyes never left the coffin.
"You're not blaming yourself are you?"
"No." He turned to her and gave a weak smile. "Not this time." He was still very pale and weaker than he'd admit. "Even I couldn't protect the men from something you can't see." His eyes met hers. "Rosalind…"
"I promised I'd help with the sandwiches," she interrupted.
He looked confused.
"They're already made aren't they?"
"Yes, but someone has to hand them round and see that Heyes and Jed don't eat them all."
"They're growing boys, it's what they do, ask Henry."
"Not when I'm around they don't." She looked towards the house. "Shall we?"
Jeff held out his arm and she linked hers with his.
"So, what were you going to say just then? Before I interrupted you?"
The bunkhouse was relatively quiet. The men were lost in their thoughts. Bill had a game of solitaire laid out on the table and Henry stood looking over his shoulder offering occasional suggestions on where to move a card. Heyes sat nearby tinkering with the mysterious locked box. Nathan sat on his bunk, back to the wall brooding. Annabelle had ridden back to town with Rosalind Tanner and he still hadn't asked her to marry him. He'd meant to but when she asked him about it his brain musta seized up. He had no idea when he'd get another opportunity.
"Ta dah!" Heyes proclaimed as he opened the box. The men around the table leaned forward all eager to see what was inside. "What the..?" Heyes lifted out a battered harmonica. He turned to Henry waiting for an explanation but saw only sadness in the man's eyes. In fact the room had gone uncomfortably quiet. "What is it? Henry, is this yours?"
"No, it's not." Nathan stood up and walked towards the table. He took the musical instrument from Heyes' hand.
"So whose is it?" Jed asked, watching as Nathan turned the harmonica thoughtfully in his hand. No one answered. He looked at the cook. "Henry?"
"It was Gerrard's." The older man shook his head. "I can't believe I forgot it was in there."
"I didn't know he could play the harmonica."
Nathan smiled at Heyes remark.
"He couldn't. That's why we took it from him and hid it."
Bill chuckled at the memory.
"I remember when he first arrived here. He was pretty scrawny then."
"Yeah," Henry added. "It took me a while to feed him up."
"And he was always blowing on this darn harmonica." Nathan turned it in his hand.
"Sounded like someone strangling a cat," Bill remembered and those who'd known Gerrard back then laughed. "So one night Nathan took the harmonica and gave it to Henry to hide. He wouldn't tell us where he'd hidden it in case we took pity on Gerrard and told him."
"He threatened to take up the fiddle if we didn't give it back," Marty reminded them.
"Could you imagine that?"
"He couldn't sing either."
"Never knew a man so off key!"
"And what about the time he sweet talked that girl who turned out to be a twin."
"And the sister he hadn't met yet slapped his face for what he said to her!"
"The look on Gerrard's face was priceless."
"Wasn't their Pa a preacher?"
"You know I think he was."
Heyes and Jed listened as the men shared fond memories of their friend.
"So whatcha gonna do with the harmonica?" Jed asked sometime later.
Nathan held it up so all could see it.
"I reckon it's time we let Gerrard have it back." He stood up and headed for the door.
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The Observer (U.K.), April 25, 2004
Tony Blair will challenge George Bush's refusal to confront global warming by announcing this week the creation of a powerful coalition of big businesses, including oil giants, to tackle climate change.
In the Prime Minister's most outspoken statement yet on the threat posed by global warming, Blair will claim that big business has a responsibility to tackle climate change, a direct contrast to Bush's stance, which has seen him accused of having helped industry by watering down anti-pollution measures in the United States.
The consortium will try to find ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions far beyond that of the stalled Kyoto protocol, which Bush rejected. Blair has responded to advice that Britain must abandon hope of attempting to persuade the Bush administration to take the threat seriously.
The new London-based consortium, called The Climate Group, involves Marks & Spencer, banks such as HSBC and oil giants such as BP and Shell. Although having some of the world's biggest polluters on board is bound to cause controversy, environmentalists have welcomed the pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emission and hailed the consortium as a positive move.
Dr Steve Howard, chief executive of The Climate Group, said: "Some companies
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"Prior to this there has been an absence of international leadership on climate change. The case for change is very compelling and this is no longer just an environment issue, but a social and economic one too."
Tuesday's launch will underline the credentials of Blair as one of the most committed world leaders to at least slowing climate change. Among those present will be Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett, Environment Minister Elliot Morley, Trade and Industry Minister Patricia Hewitt as well as Blair's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, who recently described global warming as a greater threat to the world than international terrorism.
The Climate Group, a global coalition of cities, states, governments and corporations committed to collaboration on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, has been officially launched by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Mr Blair was joined in London on Tuesday 27th April by Rt Hon Margaret Beckett (UK Secretary of State for Environment) Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt (UK Secretary of State for Trade & Industry) and Elliot Morley MP (UK Minister for Environment) together with a panel of leading supporters and an assembled audience of 300 people.
Climate Group founder members and supporters present included THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT (Kai Schlegelmilch, Assistant Head of Climate, Federal Ministry of Environment, Conservation & Nuclear Safety), CALIFORNIA EPA (Anne Baker, Deputy Secretary External Affairs, California EPA), CONNECTICUT CLEAN ENERGY FUND (Arnold Brandyberry, COO, Connecticut Innovations), THE STATE OF VICTORIA (The Hon Tom Roper, Environment Advisor to the Victorian Government), BP (Lord John Browne, Group Chief Executive, by video message), HSBC (Sir John Bond, Group Chairman), JYSK (Lars Larsen, founder and owner), LAFARGE (Jean-Francois Sautin, CEO Lafarge UK), NORSKECANADA & THE CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION (Russell Horner, President/CEO and Chairman respectively), SHELL
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Launching The Climate Group, The Prime Minister said that "I wish you the very best of luck with The Climate Group. I think its a very, very important initiative. I am delighted to see so many people from different parts of the world that are here today. This is an issue that will carry on dominating our agenda but hopefully with your help, it will dominate the agenda of the global community in the years to
In a special message for the launch, The Hon John Thwaites, Deputy Premier and Minister for Water and Environment for the Victorian Government said "The Victorian Government is excited to be a part of the Climate Group and is looking forward to working with leading governments and businesses to play a constructive role in seeking to address the threat of climate change."
In his message Lord Browne said "We very much welcome the creation of a global organization focused on the identification and transfer of best practice in reducing green house gas emissions in both the private and public sector. BP has much to learn, and welcomes the opportunity to join like minded organizations in supporting this initiative."
Speaking on the panel about the banking sectors response to the challenge of climate change, Sir John Bond said "We will have difficult decisions to make in the future. I welcome the opportunity for HSBC to be a founder member of the Bank Working Group of the Climate Group so that we can both learn and help shape the debate."
Steven Rockefeller, Chair of the Board of The Climate Groups founders, Rockefeller Brothers Fund said "The creation of this new network...will inspire others to take responsibility and follow their example, moving society toward the vitally important goal of sustainable development."
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The Climate Group is currently in preparation for the first CONFERENCE OF THE REDUCERS meeting in Toronto, Canada (May 12th subsequent meetings in Europe, California and Australia are planned) and is developing plans for a virtual CARBON UNIVERSITY for policymakers and managers, as well as an annual CLIMATE INDEX league table of companies and cities, highlighting the leaders in reducing emissions.
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Forest Lake fifth-grade student-scientists proudly displayed their research on natural disasters with peers and family during the second annual science fair held on Feb. 9. The projects showcased detailed information on avalanches, typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes and more, and was the culmination of a science unit on weather.
The students were instructed to use three or more sources in their study and research of a natural disaster. The projects included diagrams, photos, graphs, charts and historical examples to complete a trifold, 3-D model or experiment. In addition, select students were chosen to demonstrate their research to engage visitors and peers in the scientific process.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Predator Drone kills 3 in Yemen.
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Three suspected drone strikes hit militant targets in southern Yemen on Monday night and Tuesday morning, killing at least nine people with suspected links to al Qaeda, Yemeni security officials said.
The missiles struck Abyan province near areas that have been taken over by Ansaar al-Sharia, a militant group with links to al Qaeda, three security officials officials said.
The militant group took over large parts of Abyan province in May after government forces evacuated a number of security posts and military bases. The group announced Abyan as an Islamic emirate and is calling for the implementation of Sharia law.
Hundreds of troops and militant fighters have been killed in the government's efforts to clear the province from the hands of the militants, according to Yemen's defense ministry.
Some residents in the area said they saw the aircraft in the attacks.
"The U.S. aircraft was flying in surprisingly low altitude Monday night. We were scared and expected a night of explosions and blood," said Mousa Abdul Kadoos Abu Ali, a resident of Lowder distict, an area in the province.
Two security officials said the drone was from the United States.
U.S. officials rarely discuss the drone program, though privately they have said the covert strikes are legal and an effective tactic in the fight against extremists. But President Barack Obama did speak about the controversial use of drone attacks Monday.
"Our ability to respect the sovereignty of other countries and to limit our incursions into somebody else's territory is enhanced by the fact that we are able to pinpoint-strike an al Qaeda operative in a place where the capacities of that military in that country may not be able to get them," the president said during a Google+ video chat room interview Monday.
He added that "drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties." He gave no indication that the U.S. policy of ordering drone strikes would change, at least as long as a terrorist threat remains.
"Al Qaeda has been really weakened, but we've still got a little more work to do," Obama said. "And we've got to make sure we are using all our capacities in order to deal with it."
In September, a CIA-operated drone attack in Yemen killed American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, the external operations commander and chief recruiter of English-speaking militants for the al Qaeda in the Arabic Peninsula.
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Langham Hotel London is a milestone in the British capital history, social life, design, food, and tea time. It dates from 1865 when, on 10th June, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) opened the first European "Grand Hotel", the epitome of the Victorian chic.
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This centenary hotel is extremely well located on the top of Regent Street, one of the busiest streets of London, where you can find stores such as Karl Lagerfeld, Liberty or Apple.
Since day one, Langham Hotel has received several famous people, such as members of the royal family or writers like Oscar Wilde. It was even the setting for several Sherlock Holmes stories and, more recently, for movies like 007 GoldenEye.
Langham's Interior Design History
Powerful names from the interior design industry are also involved in the history of this hotel, like Jason Wilson of RPW Design, who developed the Infinity Suite to celebrate the Langham Hotel London's 140th anniversary in 2005. The Infinity suite was one of London's largest spaces – by the time – with sublime technology, two bedrooms, and a dream bath. More than a suite, it is a place, where you can feel as if you were in your own apartment, with cosy and bespoke furniture and stylish sculptures. The name lifts you up to space.
Ten years later, 2015 was the time to celebrate the 150th anniversary and the well-known David Collins Studio. And Richmond International had the opportunity to paint a little bit of Langham history for this celebratory time.
This celebration began with David Collins Studio, which, back in 2008, was in charge for the renovation of the famous and award-winning Artesian Bar. As the studio explains, the motivation for this renovation was an eclectic inspiration from the Victorian cabinets of curiosities featuring hidden textures, details, and references including a jewelled mirror, jewelled panelling, blue and purple crocodile leather tiles, bespoke lacquers (a reference to la chasse aux papillons) and a pagoda bar. Three oversized hand-crafted chandeliers add a story, exploring the empire and the far east, to the scheme.
Artesian has been considered, for four consecutive years, the best of the best in the World's 50 Best Bars list, organised by Drinks International Magazine. One of the reasons for these awards is its speciality in exclusive rum creations, and, obviously, because it is the source for indulgence inside this unique Langham world.
Later on, but not for the first time on the hotel's timeline, Richmond International took over the Langham torch and designed the Sterling Suite (the largest in London) and the executive Club Lounge.
The Sterling Suite is an authentic penthouse with 450 square meters and the capacity to accommodate twelve people. The hotel describes it as a way to exceed every notion of luxury and space and being a destination. It has its own butler, a private media lounge and much more.
In the Club Lounge, you will immediately feel that the classic townhouse reflects the Richmond International mood board to recall a new contemporary design edge. You will find this sense from the mix of fabrics and patterns in the small isolated corners, where you can have a good quality time with the company of a nice book or simply read the daily news.
The Club Lounge covers two floors and it redefines the club concept with exclusivity, modern conveniences, and attentive service.
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The magic relies on the fact that this unique hotel does not stop, and the more we dig, we find out the most distinctive details. Langham is for sure the "Grand Hotel" and also a Grand British history book of the last 151 years. Where you can feel at home when you are away, or where you can dream about the last centuries with your eyes open, without the need of a time machine.
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About Koh Tao's price agreement and why every diving school charges the same price for all diving courses and diving trips
At the start of December 2018, all Diving Schools on Koh Tao agreed to sell diving courses for the same prices. This agreement stops 'pop up' shops from coming in and offering a low-quality service for low prices and undercutting the established dive schools offering a high-quality service like us here at Phoenix Divers Koh Tao. The new prices ensure that every dive school on Koh Tao makes enough money to offer a high-quality service and make sure that all equipment, boats and other facilities are properly serviced and maintained. It also allowed Koh Tao diving schools to start paying their instructors and divemasters more so that they can afford to live more comfortably in the increasingly more expensive country of Thailand.
Koh Tao is the cheapest place in Thailand to Scuba Dive – Koh Tao's Cheap Diving prices explained
Despite the price increases, Koh Tao, without doubt, remains the best and cheapest place in Thailand for your diving courses. So why is diving so cheap and why are the prices so low for diving on Koh Tao? Allow us to explain. Koh Tao is a small paradise island in the Gulf of Thailand, despite its size the island has more than 70 dive schools. Why so many dive schools? Because of the amazing diving conditions & year-round diving – the other coast of Thailand (Andaman sea) is seasonal and closes for half of the year. The diving conditions are especially great for beginners here on Koh Tao and make it the best place in South East Asia, or maybe the world to learn how to Scuba Dive. Koh Tao's shallow dive sites, flat and clear water are perfect for your diving courses.
Doing your Diving Course on Koh Tao is better than Koh Samui or Koh Phangan!
Koh Tao has over 20 dive sites that are very easily accessible by boat from our small island. Because the dives sites are so close the cost of gas is very low, keeping the cost of the dive trips low. If you were to dive from our neighboring island Koh Samui and Koh Phangan they would need to take a speed boat to dive here on Koh Tao as our neighboring islands don't have many (if any) good diving sites. This gives us a huge advantage over our neighbors and helps us to keep the price of diving here on Koh Tao very low! It also means that you don't need to spend more than 90 minutes via speed boat to reach the dive sites, our furthest away dive sites are no more than 45 minutes and some are as close as 15 minutes. Meaning you get to spend more time diving and less on a boat.
We also mentioned that the island has over 70 dive schools, because of this the price of diving on Koh Tao stays very low. It also means the quality of instruction, equipment, and facilities remain very high because the competition is fierce and any dive school not offering a high-quality service will lose customers to neighboring dive schools.
What are the most popular diving courses on Koh Tao and what are the prices?
OPEN WATER COURSE – PRICE 11,000thb
The Open Water Course is the first diving course that you can do and in just 3 and a half days you will go from being a complete beginner to certified Scuba Diver. The Open Water Certification will allow you to dive up to 18meters and will last a lifetime.
TRY SCUBA DIVE – PRICE 2,500thb
Don't have a spare 3 and a half days to get your Open Water Certification? Then the Try Scuba Diving programme is for you. This programme lasts just one day from 09:00-16:30 and includes some training in the morning and a quick pool dive before heading out in the ocean for 1 or 2 dives up to a maximum depth of 12 meters.
FUN DIVING TRIPS – PRICE 900thb
Already a certified diver and want to join daily trips? Koh Tao has over 20 dive sites that are frequently visited from Koh Tao. Most dive schools do 4 dives per day and the more you dive the more you save. Koh Tao Dive Schools also offer trips to Sail Rock – the best dive site in the Gulf of Thailand.
BECOME A DIVE PROFESSIONAL – PRICE 33,000thb
Want to turn your hobby into your career? Turning pro will allow you to work as a dive professional and open up career opportunities in every corner of the globe. Almost all reputable Koh Tao Diving Schools offer Divemaster Internships and Instructor Courses for reasonable prices.


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Ski season has arrived, and the Northwest offers an abundance of options for those who love the rush of speeding down a mountainside. These ski areas are a great choice for anyone looking to hit the slopes, regardless of their skill level.
Where to hit the slopes in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska, and Wyoming
- Alaska
Alyeska Resort
It's hard to beat this resort for pure beauty, as it offers gorgeous ocean and mountain views. The aerial tramway is extremely scenic, showcasing views of Chugach State Park, glaciers, streams, and local wildlife. Skiers benefit from 1,610 skiable acres and 76 named trails, along with a vertical drop of 2,500 feet. The resort is home to the longest continuous double black diamond in North America, known as North Face. Night skiing is also offered. The average annual snowfall is 669 inches.
When: Daily, 10:30am – 5:30pm
Where: 1000 Arlberg Ave, Girdwood, AK
This small but lovely ski resort proves that you don't have to be bigger to be better. It offers 640 acres of terrain and 36 marked runs, as well as a vertical drop of 1,400 feet. There is an even split between intermediate and expert runs, while 20% is dedicated to novice trails. The terrain is varied, offering steeps, glades, and cliffs. Several trails are also available for cross-country skiers. The average annual snowfall is 350 inches.
When: Thu – Mon, 8am – 4pm; closed Tue and Wed
Where: 3000 Fish Creek Rd, Juneau, AK
- Idaho
Sun Valley
Established in 1936, this ski resort was the first to open on North American soil and has been embraced by lovers of winter sports ever since. It offers more than 3,400 vertical feet and over 65 runs on 2,000 acres of varied terrain. It also offers adventure trails for children, making this a good choice for families. Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and sleigh rides are also on offer at this resort. The average annual snowfall is 200 inches.
When: Daily, 9am – 4pm
Where: 1 Sun Valley Rd, Sun Valley, ID
Tamarack Resort
This resort offers 45 runs including glades, steeps, cornices, and cruisers. It boasts 1,020 acres of skiable terrain and a 2,800-foot vertical drop. The east-facing slope comes with the added benefit of minimum wind and maximum snow retention. The majority of the slopes are considered intermediate, while 17% fall into the novice category. The average annual snowfall is 300 inches.
When: Daily, 9am – 4pm
Where: 311 Village Dr, Tamarack, ID
- Montana
Big Sky Resort
Located in the Madison Mountain Range, this popular skiing destination merged with the nearby Moonlight Basin a few years ago, making it the biggest ski complex in America. It boasts 5,800 skiable acres and over 4,350 vertical feet, so huge crowds and packed slopes aren't an issue. 60% of the terrain caters to advanced skiers, but people of all skill sets will have plenty to do at this resort. The average annual snowfall is 400 inches.
When: Daily, 9am – 4pm
Where: 50 Big Sky Resort Rd, Big Sky, MT
Whitefish Mountain
This ski resort offers stunning views of Glacier National Park and Flathead National Forest. A total of 105 marked trails are available, along with a vast selection of bowl and tree skiing options. The longest run is the Hellfire, which spans 3.3 miles. Don't forget to visit the charming town of Whitefish, which was voted one of the best ski towns in the world by National Geographic. The average annual snowfall is 300 inches.
When: Daily, 9am – 4pm
Where: 1015 Glades Dr, Whitefish, MT
- Oregon
Mt. Bachelor
Skiers flock to this area each year for its long seasons and diverse slopes. It offers over 4,300 acres of terrain and the highest skiable elevation in all of Oregon and Washington. The mountain tops out at an elevation of 9,065 feet and a vertical drop of 3,365 feet. If you're a novice, you can take advantage of Carrousel, a beginners lift which offers an easy ride up the mountain. The average annual snowfall is 462 inches.
When: Daily, 9am – 4pm
Where: 13000 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR
Mt. Hood Skibowl
Located in Oregon's Mt. Hood National Forest, this resort features 65 runs and a vertical drop of 1,500 feet. It also has the most black diamond runs of any resort in the state and offers the largest night skiing terrain in the country. The resort puts on a number of events each winter, including Saturday night fireworks and themed decade nights. The average annual snowfall is 300 inches.
When: Mon – Thu, 3 – 10pm; Fri – Sat, 9am – 11pm; Sun, 9am – 10pm
Where: 87000 US 26, Government Camp, OR
- Washington
Mt. Baker
Located in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington, this popular destination offers 2 ski areas located between Mt. Baker and Mt. Shuksan. Ski runs are accessed from the White Salmon base area (elevation 3,500 feet) and the Heather Meadows base area (elevation 4,300 feet). The highest skiable elevation is at 5,089 feet, and the area offers 38 ski runs for people of all skill levels. The average annual snowfall is 663 inches.
When: Every day, 9am – 3:30pm
Where: WA-542, Mile Marker 52 (White Salmon base area); WA-542, Mile Marker 55 (Heather Meadows base area)
Stevens Pass
This ski area is located in the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range and receives an abundance of snowfall each season. The site is located inside 2 national forests—Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie on the west side and Wenatchee National Forest to the east. It's impossible to get bored here, as the area offers 52 major runs on 1,125 acres of skiable terrain. The top elevation (5,845 feet) can be found at Cowboy Mountain. Night skiing is available on certain days, so check the Stevens Pass website for an up-to-date calendar of events. The average annual snowfall is 460 inches.
When: Daily, 9am – 4pm
Where: 93001 NE Stevens Pass Hwy, Skykomish, WA
- Wyoming
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Skiers will be in heaven at this resort, which is known for its varied terrain. There are 116 named trails here, of which 50% fall into the expert category. It also offers the longest continuous vertical drop of any ski resort in the US, at 4,139 feet. Ski runs are found on Rendezvous Mountain and Apres Vous Mountain, which is better for beginners. If you're feeling adventurous, there are a number challenging backcountry skiing options. The average annual snowfall is 475 inches.
When: Daily, 9am – 5pm
Where: 3395 Cody Ln, Teton Village, WY
Grand Targhee Resort
Located within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, this ski area is known for its extremely powdery snow on Fred's Mountain and Peaked Mountain. The area boasts 2,600 acres of terrain and a vertical drop of 2,270 feet. Be sure to hike to the summit of Mary's Nipple for stunning views of Grand Teton National Park, Mt. Owen, and Middle Teton peak. The average annual snowfall is more than 500 inches.
When: Daily, 9am – 4pm
Where: 3300 Ski Hill Rd, Alta, WY
Whether you're learning the art of skiing or consider yourself an expert, the Northwest offers a variety of options for you this winter. So what are you waiting for? Grab some friends and go make some memories on the slopes.
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2013 National Gingerbread House Competition
The Omni Grove Park Inn
Asheville, NC
This was the twenty first year of the gingerbread house competition. It was started in 1992 with a small group of gingerbread houses built by community members. It was another way to celebrate the holiday season and no one expected it to happen again. Now it has become one of the nation's most celebrated events. The competition is fierce and the caliber of judges is astounding.
Although it is billed as a gingerbread house competition, the winner this year were animals. A pair of pandas eating bamboo was the grand prize winner. This creation traveled from Wisconsin for the competition. It was very hard to get a good photo as it was in a glass showcase with mirrors on the back.
All items on the entry must be edible except for the base it is built on. Many were made of gingerbread and covered in fondant while others were very much bare gingerbread except for the decorations. So enjoy the show and maybe put it on your calendar for next year. It starts the week before Thanksgiving and runs through New Year's Day. There is a short period of time - I think the week of Christmas - that the top winners are taken to NYC for TV appearances.
Santa is flying in on his Canadian Goose.
Can you see the mice in the clock? The clock weights looked like pine cones.
This was a very simple A-frame gingerbread house and then they added all the sugar work. The snowflakes on the roof were a work of art.
And what is not to love about a trip to the amusement park on the boardwalk?
I think this was one of my favorites. The title was "I Should Have Taken the Sleigh". Can't you just see Santa and the misses zipping around in that sporty red car?
This one was called "Mall Santa". What a familiar scene these days.
The details on this piece were incredible. You could stand for an hour and not see everything. Each book on the shelves was individually done. The cards on the mantle painted. There was a worn spot on the braided rug. Look at the stones in the fireplace. Talk about patience!
And one of my favorite. The simplicity of the scene is wonderful. It is called "Gingerbread in G Minor".


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but"I shall drown..." is a cry of despair, simply predicting imminent death
I am a little bit confused."I shall motorise that GP9 by the end of the year" - it means that I'm determined to do it.
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Outdoor Retailer SM Early Bird Attendee Reg Deadline, July 1
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - July 30, 2011 - This Friday, July 1, is the final opportunity for potential attendees of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, held August 4-7, 2011, to register for the annual tradeshow at Early Bird rates.
Registration pricing for Summer Market is as follows:
Outdoor Retailer Summer Market registration is available at www.outdoorretailer.com/summer-market/attendee/registration.
About Outdoor Retailer
Outdoor Retailer (OR) brings together retailers, manufacturers, industry advocates and media to conduct the business of outdoor recreation through tradeshows, product demo events and web-based business solutions. Produced by Nielsen Expositions and based in San Juan Capistrano, California, Outdoor Retailer also provides and promotes retailer education, advocacy, responsibility and critical face-to-face business initiatives within the outdoor industry.
Now celebrating 30 years, Outdoor Retailer (www.outdoorretailer.com) connects approximately 40,000 attendees on a semi-annual basis for its Summer and Winter Market shows, and thousands more through its year-round online resources and platforms.
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The journey I have encountered in life has not been an easy one. But, after years of being a victim of fear and anxiety, I came to the ultimate realization that while the advice of others may be helpful, only I could create lasting change and turn all the negative aspects of my life around. That's when I started to take charge and developed the will to begin on the road to recovery paved with positivity and peace.
I never had a person who took my hand and drew a concise roadmap for me to come to my destination. Many decisions I made were thought out while others weren't. My greatest lessons I learned came from failing over and over again before ultimate success. My internal mindset was never to give up or give in to failure, fear, or anxiety. Yes, every day I was overwhelmed with uncertainty and doubt about what the future held. However, I knew I had to overcome all my fear and anxiety.
I could not succumb and live a life of constantly being haunted by fears around me. So, all the successful lessons that I have learned throughout my toughest days of overcoming my fears are laid out before you. My belief that the suffering was for a purpose is now a reality. Now I can pass along and serve others with a message of hope that the hard work you put in during the bitter cold seasons of your life will pay off.
There is a Comeback Kid in all of us. We all have the ability to achieve greatness and surpass any obstacles, challenges, or roadblocks in our way. You must never feel alone. When you look in the mirror and see pain looking back at you, you are not suffering in solitude. Whether you just can't break through and face the fears of risk and failure or you have been fighting an anxiety disorder that seems to have just taken the better of you, you are not alone. I repeat "you are not alone." The opposite is true.
You are not alone; others feel anxious, fearful, defeated, and in despair. These are emotions and feeling we all face. It is true that some of us feel these emotions more frequently and more intensely, but it doesn't mean that hope and help if not out there. The sun rises every morning, and I urge you to see the brightness of the sun whether the season is summer or winter.
In all of us lies the strength to overtake our fears and anxieties. We all have the capability. Even if you feel at a point where you can't push anymore, don't despair. Even a glimmer of hope within you can spark a new beginning. One of the most difficult concepts to overcome when battling fear and anxiety is the uncertainty of
when that next dose of effort you give will free you from your problems. But if you stay true to your fight and never flee, – victory is yours.


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The Ontario Poetry Society Contest Winners
Congratulations to Debbie Okun Hill and Keith Inman for winning honourable mentions in The Ontario Poetry Society contests. A contest chapbook will be released with the winning entries. Click the link to see the full list of winners.Continue reading
REVIEW: Keith Inman's "The War Poems: Screaming at Heaven"
Keith Inman's War Poems: Screaming at Heaven by Elspeth Cameron Is there such a thing as a "born poet"? I think of Robbie Burns or Al Purdy. If so, Keith Inman is one of them. A quiet man who watches and reflects, the "words stay[ing] under his tongue," as one of his poems puts it. ... Read more »Continue reading
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We Live Small Lives, review by John B. Lee, Poet Laureate of Brantford, Poet Laureate of Norfolk County The War Poems by poet Keith Inman is an amazing book. I have to say it is one of the best books of poems I've read in quite some time. It is brilliant! I think that... Read more »Continue reading
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Québec solidaire has had a few interesting, successful and contradictory years. Born in 2006 with militantly leftist and sovereignist principles, the party has nonetheless captured the political attention of a younger generation that, according to most polling and research, has a lot of time for the former but much less for the latter.
It is home to people like Sol Zanetti, an indépendentiste so committed he might as well have the word tattooed across his bald pate. And yet I have English friends who support the party only because it is a loud, populist and ballsy leftist redoubt.
The party will eventually have to deal with this yawning contradiction. (Want to see an anglophone Québec solidaire supporter curl up into a ball? Remind her that she supports a separatist party.)
Right now, though, Québec solidaire is in the process of saving Quebec from itself. With all of 10 MNAs, and without the benefit of an Official Opposition budget, the party has been a singularly crucial bulwark against the transgressions of François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec government.
First, a caveat. I don't think Québec solidaire can or should form a government under its current platform. The party's instinct to nationalize everything in sight, including the province's mining and forestry industries, along with strategic "large enterprises," is but one batty idea typical of the doctrinaire, overreaching left. Its platform also includes dangerously vague language as to the limits it would put on Quebecers' property rights.But in opposition, the party has been exactly what the Liberals and the Parti Québécois haven't: effective. On the environment, for example, Québec solidaire hasapplied the most conspicuous pressure on Legault's government regarding climate change. Its sounding the alarm on the issue helped mobilize the tens of thousands of students who took to the streets March 15.
Apparently, the government was watching and listening. Within two weeks, the CAQ publicized a set of 18 policy proposals to ban single-use plastic bags, impose deposits on water bottles and fight over-packaging, along with measures to reduce pesticide use and spur the use of electric vehicles and renewable energy.
Lip service? Possibly — these are just proposed additions to the CAQ platform, to be voted upon at the party's general meeting in May. Nevertheless, by dint of its own insistence, Québec solidaire obliged the CAQ to pay attention.
Behind Quebec solidaire's efficacy on the environmental file are its leaders. It is the only opposition party with actual, non-interim leadership. And it probably helps that on the environment, Quebecers tend to tilt heavily in Quebec solidaire's direction, at least according to a SOM poll conducted in the wake of the Montreal march.This isn't the case with the CAQ's Bill 21. According to a recent Léger poll, 82 per cent of Quebecers are in favour of the onerous bill that would see religious symbols banned from the bodies of those in "positions of authority."
The Liberal opposition came out against it, in keeping with their previous policy. But the party's record on these matters is not unblemished: sections of its 2017 law on state neutrality requiring that government services be received with face uncovered were suspended by Quebec Superior Court because they would cause "irreparable harm" to "Muslim women."
Meanwhile, the Parti Québécois said the CAQ's bill didn't go far enough. "No penalty for recalcitrants" who dare wear kippahs to work, tisk tisked PQ interim leader Pascal Bérubé.Quebec solidaire went through a comparatively tortuous internal debate on the subject, particularly on the issue of the niqab, before making its new stance known: there should be no prohibitions on wearing religious symbols, while face coverings should be prohibited in the civil service. It would not ban the receipt of government services by those whose faces are covered for religious reasons, except when necessary for identification or security.
May the rest of Quebec follow Quebec solidaire's lead on this subject.twitter.com/martinpatriquin


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King Kong game goes Gold!
The King Kong game based on the upcoming movie has gone gold. This King Kong game was at first supposed to be made by Electronic Arts, but Peter Jackson ditched EA. Apparently he didn't like the LOTR games they made, and now the King Kong game is in hand of Ubisoft, known for the great quality of their games. I was checking the screenshots for the King Kong game, and I have to say it looks awesome!!! These new consoles are going to rule! it is also good to see the director is involved in the making of the game. King Kong is such a huge character (not only in size) and it deserves to do well.