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2024-10-29 19:42:56“You remembered your gun, right?” Michele asked at a whisper, as if our eighteen-month-old daughter in the back seat had any idea what we were talking about.
“Yes, I remembered to pack it, though I don’t know why you insist. Every year I pack it and every year I don’t need to use it.” I was rummaging through one of my hiking bags, checking again to make sure I packed things such as matches and my trimmer. I had learned from my last camping trip that if I came back with a beard from not shaving for a period of time, Alexandria would cry and refuse to let me near her.
“It’s better to have it and not need it than- “
“Need it and not have it, yeah, yeah, I know.” I finished her sentence with a chuckle while she rolled her eyes which were currently trained on the interstate in-front of us. I did not like driving to the hiking trail because I would have to leave the car parked there for a week or more and I was always ne
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