She was tempted to secure a room for the night. However, Julia was motivated to get back on the trail at first light. How do I find the camp…

“…follow hikers,” Julia said.

She followed the caravan of brightly coloured backpacks and jackets. When the sun hung low in the sky and shadows stretched out as far as the eyes could see, Julia spotted the camp. It resembled the first one she came across and wondered if variations of these were common.

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She wanted to find a waterfall, with a pool deep enough to dive into. She would strip down to nothing, and let all of her woes wash away in the currents. Alas, such sites were sure to be mapped and her bandage would not hold… that and risk getting arrested…

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“Where did you score this shit?” a burly man with a light blue beanie asked.

“Some guy,” a man wearing an orange jacket replied.  “Found him near the dispensary.”

“Wait,” a man with a blue and red beanie said. “Oh, right it’s Sunday.”

“Yeah,” said the man with the orange jacket. “Everything closed up as I left the liquor store.”

For Julia the idea of legalised weed was shocking. Still, drugs like anything else was a case of supply and demand, and in this case, there was plenty of demand outside of store hours.

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Instead, Julia settled on settling down beneath the canopy of a weeping willow growing along the banks of a creek. The trickling of the water reminded her of her childhood sanctuary, and the light breeze was soft against her cheeks.

“I needed this,” Julia said, between bites of her ration. “I hope my mood holds.”

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A part of her wished for a waterfall, somewhere that was deep enough to dive into. To strip down to nothing, and let all of her woes wash away with the currents. Alas, any such site was sure to be well known and marked and her bandage would not hold… that and get arrested…

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