forced to take more and more shifts. It was getting harder to get the nights off that he needed for the full moons. More responsibilities had been heaped on him the longer he stayed at the hospital. Maybe it was time to move on to another town. He’d been in Glens Falls for almost eight years. He would have to move soon anyway, but most hospitals were in the same economic crunch. Maybe the next place he settled he could work as a family practitioner. Although, that forced the relocations faster. Being an ER doctor gave him some anonymity. He didn’t interact with the same patients day in and day out. He was just some doctor that someone saw with an emergency. In his position, he was easilyforgotten, not studied, not connected to the community.

He stepped down off the porch and headed into the woods for a long walk to the creek. Each time he came to this camp he stayed in the same cabin and he took the walk to the stream. It would take him about an hour of hard hiking to make it to water, but it’d be well worth it. The creek was spring fed and cold all year long. During the summer, the creek was a refreshing way to cool off. Or it was just serene to sit by during the spring and fall. Today Robert was just looking to do some communing with nature. He wanted to blend in and be lost in the rhythm of the woods. He