Hey Lisa, Let’s get going. Jenny yelled up from the parking lot in front of Lisa’s apartment.

Lisa leaned out over the railing, still in her pajamas, hair dirty and tangled.

I’m coming. That truck, your brother’s?

Yup. Come on I want to get on the road.

Lisa just wanted to get back in bed. She wondered if they’d have to do battle over what time was early for the whole trip.

Jenny clomped up the stairs in those old hiking boots she had and let herself in.

Did you pack everything?

We don’t need much. Lisa said as she stuffed her bathing suit, towels, and a little pillow into old pillowcases. I thought this trip was just a shakedown.

Jenny relaxed. Her friend needed the benefit of the doubt. She knew Lisa’s depression since her fiancé flaked out on her made her testy as hell. She could back out at any time.

Lisa picked up her sleeping bag and headed for the door.

Don’t you think you should get dressed first?

Lisa laughed, put on some jeans and a tee-shirt, and walked out the door.

So, on to Pyramid Lake.

They headed out through Palomino Valley without talking much. Sang along with the country radio station.

The valley had been filling up with houses so fast in the past couple of years. It ruined the feeling Lisa used to get when she came out this way. But she knew that eventually the habitations would thin and she’d be back in the wild.

She caught Jenny sneaking looks at her. Probably waiting for the almost inevitable tears. She resolved to not let it happen.

 

Look, the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Center, Lisa said. I forgot about that. Let’s stop.

Jenny hated that place. Wild horses belong on the range. But she turned down the dirt road to keep her friend happy.

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All the healthy horses were put up for adoption but people mostly wanted the young ones. The old ones would probably spend their whole lives behind those fences.

My mom and dad used to take me out here when I was young, Lisa said. I loved horses back then. I made them pay for riding lessons for a while, but then boys became more interesting. My mom would do anything for me.

Jenny could see the tears starting so she hurried her friend back to the car. Come on, it’s hot and that lake is waiting.

Back in the truck, they passed the Entering the Paiute Reservation sign, and then the lake stretched out in front of them reflecting the deep blue of the sky.

They stopped in the little town of Sutcliff to pay for their camping and get some snacks.

At Warrior Point the drove the truck down as close to the water as they could get it while avoiding the sensitive tufa formations. They parked away from the family camped on the north end of the beach.

Let’s change and I’ll race you to the water, Lisa said, grinning for the first time in a week.

They were in and out of the water many times all afternoon. Baking in the sun, then jumping back in the water just like kids.

While they were sunbathing Lisa thanked her friend for pulling her out of her apartment and back into life, pure sunshine life.

Later that evening they set up the tent and made a little fire in the pit. Roasted sausages and corn and brought them down to the waterfront to eat.

A baby rattlesnake slithered between Lisa’s legs that as she sat in her low-back chair, causing the biggest excitement of the day. Little thing didn’t even seem to notice the women as it went on its way.

The women set up their tent in the near dark, discovering that they were missing some tent stakes. They loaded it with heavy gear to keep it from tumbling into the lake.

They stayed up late, watching the stars and talking. It was dead quiet around them. The kids in the next camp must have gone to bed early and the poor tired parents hadn’t made it much later.

Everything was peaceful. Lisa was letting that sink in and Jenny was hopeful it would last.

Can sun, water, and open spaces heal a broken heart?

 

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