White Mountains: 70-year Old Found in Luxury Lodge

new flame, ten years my senior. new digs (raw land), after relocating to the grand canyon. new snow, a bunch of it. enough to alleviate my sensitivity about wrecking stuff with my four wheeler (atc) out in what would be no man's land but for development scams that never took hold.

so i loaded up this great grandma for some serious cross country drift bashing and a roudy tour of the spread late one afternoon. things got a bit nippy for her as she didn't exacty come complete with adventure gear. so we dropped in on a guy who lived well off the grid, before cell phones etc, and pulled up a couple of chairs in front of his stove while he presented brandy toddy's and regaled us with comedy guitar, harp, keyboard, and percussion. he was actually a professional one man band. everything was soooo groovy. all is well, time to get the little lady home. all of 8 pm.

four daughters, up to within seven years of my own age, plus the county sheriff, had all been mustered to the scene of the disappearance of the victim who was last seen with mystery man, me. my background had been searched to the full extent of the technology. meanwhile we were laying into big gs four wheel drifts alongside the state hiway in front of her place and doubling back to cross them into big loopy eights, all chipper and glee. eventually, turned up the drive to the house and slid up alongside the porch. weee!!

i had never seen a nest of hornets like the ones that came boiling out of that house, lucky for me i was the conservative drinker. miss tipsy turned and announced with a rebel yell, "i'm a missing person!" that was my introduction to the family. actually no introduction needed. all my specs had been duly logged. i slinked away while the slinking was good, and left the team to call off the hounds