Chapter 63
After parking her Caddy in the visitor's lot, Liberty began to climb the stone steps to Red Deer Point, Brandon following suit at a slower pace.She wanted him to stay in the background, phone ready, if something should come up that needed police intervention.Hopefully it wouldn't come to that, but it was always better to come prepared.
At the top, a low stone wall ran around the perimeter of the hill, more of a flat, circular area than a point.Below grassy plateaus dotted the landscape except for the north side with its sheer limestone cliff.A pewter plaque told the story of a Colonial settlement that had been established in the late 1600s near the river but had been demolished in a massive flood circa 1793.A binocular viewfinder at the middle of the retaining wall allowed visitors to scan the lush valley and the wide, blue Little Hunting River below.In fact, the sound of the rushing water as it caressed the river rocks could be heard quite clearly.