LM 05 March's Luck by A.E. Howe

Author:A.E. Howe [Howe, A.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
Published: 2016-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

“What an amazing view,” Cara said, once we were standing on the high bluff overlooking the Apalachicola River. “You’d expect to see something like this in north Georgia, not Florida.”

Her red hair was blowing in a gentle breeze and her blue eyes were wide with awe. I smiled, loving the sight of her. I put my arms around her as we turned to look at the charming Gregory House that rose behind us. The white two-story house had been built in 1849 on the other side of the river, but the Civilian Conservation Corps had moved it to the bluff in the 1930s when the state park was developed.

“Do you want to walk the trails?” I asked. The sky was clear blue and the air held the pleasant warmth of early spring

“I’m game. But what about you? How’s your ankle?”

“It’s sore, but not too bad. I think I can make it. Alvin, you in?” I asked the Pug, who was too busy sniffing the ground to look up and enjoy the view.

The first part of the trail was steep as it dipped down to within fifty feet of the river elevation.

“I can’t believe I haven’t come over here before this,” Cara marveled.

“During the nineteenth century, this was considered one of the possible locations of Eden,” I told her.

“Really?”

“Yep. There are hundreds of rare species along this part of the river. All of this area has these steep ravines where creeks have eroded the ground. They allow plants and animals to be cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.”

“I didn’t know you had a botanist side,” she kidded me as we navigated the rough earthen trail.

“I came camping here with the Boy Scouts a few times. I admit, it always made me feel like I lived in a special place.”

“Eden. I can understand why they might have thought that on a… visceral level. The woods and the river are beautiful, wild and comforting all at the same time,” Cara said.

The trail widened a little and I took her hand. “I like seeing the world through your eyes.” I told her. She laughed lightly. “What’s funny?”

“I got to see the world through your eyes this morning. And I hate to admit it, but I found it kind of exciting.”

“Oh, sure, it wasn’t you that got stuck in the hole,” I chided her good-naturedly.

“Are you ready to turn back? You’re limping again,” she said with concern.

I stopped and pulled her to me. “I’m not sappy enough to say that when I’m with you I don’t feel any pain. But I can definitely say that being with you makes it all worth it.” I gave her a long kiss, then pulled away and looked down. “Your heavy breathing is not making this more romantic,” I told Alvin, who looked up at me with his tongue lolling out of the side of his mouth.

Walking back up the hill in the late afternoon sunlight, we stopped to read the historical markers placed where Confederate gun pits could still be seen.

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