on mostly dirt road so we could easily walk side by side and talk. it was great to do this. i tend to enjoy meeting new people and discovering who they are and why they are hiking the trail.
talking to gone girl kind of made the time pass quickly. well, the time passed quickly but unfortunately, we missed a sneaky turn off the dirt road onto single track and walked for 30-40 minutes in the wrong direction. eventually, we figured it out when i noticed that there were absolutely no footsteps on the dusty ground.
we headed back and continued down the trail. it was about this time that the clouds 