She took one last look around, another in the mirror.
Waterproofs. Umbrella. Boots. A change of clothes tied around her waist. A utility apron with ration-filled pockets. Some necessaries. Her pen and notebook. Basic first aid. Matches. Tarp. The photo. And her courage, tightly wound into the center of her chest.
She was ready.
There were no roads or maps where she was going. She’d hike up then use her wits and hopefully the scent of memory, awakened, to find the place. She didn’t know how much the faded photo would help, with the quarry and the landslide and the decades passed since the plate was exposed. Still, she took it. Her soul told her that the photo did not wish to be left behind.
She walked into the dawn. She had everything she needed.
If fates smiled, she’d find the ruins of Witch Wilma’s home. Her great-great-grandma’s tomb.
For Crispina Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
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🙂 Glad you liked it!
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Oh the stories you weave!!
Fantabulous! And she’s gonna find it. I just know it.
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Yep, I’m pretty certain she will! 🙂
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I’m very certain.
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🙂
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Excellent. Love her preparations, so much like my own every time I take the camera out hiking. And I love her motivation. Thoroughly liked 🙂
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So glad you liked it! indeed better to be prepared than sorry…
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My daughter laughs at what I pack in, and then uses half of it!
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Yep. I know the feeling. I usually have everything but the kitchen sink, and while others raise an eyebrow, they inevitably come asking “do you have a bandaid?”, “do you happen to have something against headaches/bug-bites/sunburn?”, “You don’t have a piece of gum/candy do you?”, “my phone’s dying, do you have an extra charger battery?” 😉 Yep, yep, probably, sure. 😉 And I’m yet to have a snack I offer be refused … 😉
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That just about sums it up.
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🙂 LOL
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Wonderful. Now I don’t feel so bad about taking so long to prepare for a morning hike. 🙂
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Better be prepared than sorry, is me thoughts. 😉
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Indeed. It can be quite a balancing act between having what’s needed and carrying a bunch of unnecessary stuff.
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Yep. Life’s a never ending balancing act … 😉
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