Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner

Author:Deborah Garner [Garner, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
ISBN: 9781600476891
Google: 2vezuAAACAAJ
Amazon: B00AKN94XQ
Goodreads: 13438188
Publisher: Wasteland Press
Published: 2012-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

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It was clear and sunny when Jake stepped out into the crisp air the next morning. Travel mug of coffee in hand, he cranked up the truck and left the ranch, heading west toward the main highway. There were very few clouds in the sky, setting the valley dramatically against a stunning backdrop of blue. Three bison grazed along the north side of the road as Jake headed west to the main highway. A massive bull elk stood regally off to the left near Gros Ventre Junction, about fifty yards from the road. A six pointer, Jake surmised, noting the impressive rack of antlers.

Jake turned right on the highway and drove north to Moose, a tiny town consisting of a post office, a few stores off a side road and an impressive visitor center for Grand Teton National Park. He’d been to the visitor center many times since arriving in Jackson Hole, asking rangers questions about specific trails and analyzing the massive topographical map displayed in the lobby. This time he passed the visitor center without stopping and pulled up to the park’s entrance gate, showing his annual pass to the ranger on duty. He smiled as he replaced the pass in his wallet. He’d been wise to cough up the fee for the annual pass when he first left Cody. It would be money well spent for the return he expected.

Continuing northbound through the park, he took in the flat, open fields on his right and the majestic Grand Tetons on his left. To the many people who visited the park each year, these mountains represented the strong, powerful forces of nature. To Jake, they represented much more.

He turned left at the south junction to Jenny Lake, a glacier-formed body of water estimated to date back 9,000 years. The road curved alongside low brush until it dropped off into the south parking area for the lake. Already into the off-season, it wasn’t hard to find a parking space. He chose one near the front of the lot and pulled in, setting the parking brake and jumping out of the truck. He checked his small knapsack, which held a water bottle, trail mix, a pad of paper and a pen. He’d known better than to have brought the original map sections along, but had made a rough, handmade copy which contained all the major markings on the original papers.

He’d taken this trail several times before, when he’d first arrived in Jackson. His initial hikes were just out of curiosity and to get familiar with the area. Over time, though, he had come to suspect this section of the Tetons to be the probable location of the gold. The map now seemed to confirm this theory, based on the placement of the jagged lines in the center of the torn pieces. He was now determined to explore the trail and its immediate surroundings more thoroughly, looking for any landmarks that might resemble other markings on the map.

The boat

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