The end of the trip.

Here's Meador and I posing with the t-shirts we bought at the local Walmart.

Nick was staying on a few extra days at the cabin. His wife and daughters are going to come down and join him, but he was going to have to spend one night alone by the lake.

Nick had also seen the movie 'The Strangers' and we talked about the possibility of a band of masked teenagers tormenting then murdering him.

Nick: Yeah... when it gets late, I'm going to be a little scared.
Me: Does it make it worse that you won't have a car? No means of escape.
Nick: Even if I did have a car they'd obviously disable it before starting anything. That's horror movie 101. I guess I could try to escape on the pontoon boat.

Later that night, back in Chicago, just as I figured Nick was getting ready for bed, I had Sarah call the cabin, and like the creepy girl at the beginning of 'The Strangers' say into the phone, "Is Tamara there?"

I could hear Nick yell, "Real funny, freaks!"