The Yellowstone Affair Chapter 6

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Chapter 3: http://pactnmmt.livejournal.com/11144.html
Chapter 4: http://pactnmmt.livejournal.com/11360.html
Chapter 5: http://pactnmmt.livejournal.com/11651.html


Author's Note: Some may not think it is realistic to have a character using only a lean-to made of a nylon tarp in subzero weather. It can be done comfortably if the camper has the right equipment (although I think they're nuts!). My photography teacher has done this. He has traveled solo across Yellowstone several times in the dead of winter. If you get a chance to see it around Christmas time there is a PBS program about him and Yellowstone titled "Silence and Solitude."

Charley Brighton shook hands with his passenger.

“Illya, this is where I leave you. Be careful out there! I know you are experienced with cold weather and storms, but Mother Nature has a wicked streak, young man, and is always looking for someone to make a careless mistake.”

“Thanks, Charlie. I will radio you on the park’s walkie talkie when I’m ready to be picked up.”

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