CHAPTER 80 Forbidden Attraction: Water Canoe Area 2

  *** Day 5 ***

  As usual, Jake was up with the son and had coffee and breakfast ready for his mother by the time she stumbled out of the tent an hour later.

  "We"re in the back-country now mom," said Jake over breakfast. "Now we get to relax and enjoy the peace and quiet."

  Still sore from the first 2 days of paddling, Amber almost cheered at the news.

  "So, you"re going to paddle me around while I work on my tan?" she asked her son.

  "Sure will," Jake answered, "it"s your vacation too."

  By 9:30 they had packed up the camp and were shoving off into the waters. The sun was already warm and temperatures were climbing into the 80s. Amber used her paddle and the spare to span the distance between the bow of the canoe and her seat then put a blow-up raft on top of them to fashion her sunning spot for the day.