Chapter 85
Sam looked forward to the hunting trips with the Tuckers as a break from the monotony of the daily grind. The herds of buffalo and antelope behind them, the men hunted mountain goat and big horn sheep. Sam marveled at the agility with which these creatures scaled sheer cliffs and clung to seemingly smooth surfaces. He envied their ability to navigate the crags and crevices.
The days crawled by and turned into weeks. Sam lost his ability to gauge how far they had come. He, like the others, just kept trudging on, trusting that at some point they would be on the down side of this barrier to their mission.