Down The Path by Travis Mohrman

Author:Travis Mohrman [Mohrman, Travis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: DeadPixel Publications
Published: 2012-12-17T22:00:00+00:00

15

Several more days had passed and Cooper was anxious to find the bend in the river. He could tell the flow of the water was slowing down and up ahead he saw the river widen. He began to get worried that perhaps the maps were not correct. Could rivers change? These were all things that he had not been able to determine before leaving the city.

As he continued along, he realized his fears were in vain. The river widened because it had carved out a large elbow into the landscape where it turned south. The water slowed down because it backed up into that elbow. It barely had any flow here except for along one edge of the river and it also got very shallow.

The plan had been for him to build a raft and float down the river instead of walk. With his illness when he first reached the river, he had not been able to do that, but the situation at the rivers elbow seemed ideal for such a project. The slack water would allow him to put the raft in the water and test the balance without fear of it, or him, being swept away.

The only problem he had was that the slack water was on the opposite side of the river than he was. It was shallow here, it didn’t seem to be much higher than his knees, but he had to get through the swift moving water first, and it appeared deeper.

Thankfully, it had been getting slightly warmer nearly every day of his trip, so the cold water would actually be refreshing, but he wasn’t certain how long his pack would remain waterproof. He knew the pack did not allow in rain, but being fully submerged was a test he didn’t want to put it through.

Cooper settled on the river bank to think about the problem. Lupe had been at his side, but grew bored and bounded off into the forest.

This was a problem that Cooper was having a serious issue with. He was aware that he had already used any luck he had on this voyage. He decided he needed more information and got a long stick to judge the depth of the deeper spot.

Just as he thought, the swift section was deeper, but not so deep as to be frightening. Measuring with the stick, it appeared it would come up to his waist.

This left him with only one way around the obstacle that made any sense to him. He had to walk through it. He decided he could use a stick to leverage downstream against the current, so as the river tried to push him, he could push back using the stick. It was a short section that was swift and he was fairly confident that he could get through it and to the rest of the river, which appeared much easier.

Cooper searched around for a nice, stout stick that was strong and not too heavy. This was the most important part of his plan.

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