You know what we need right about now?  Some Disney magic!  This is getting way too serious!!  Some oblique reference to “Slumber Mountain” an obvious rip-off of “Hushabye Mountain” from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang…  “Dick” Van Dyke (Given name Richard Wayne) singing his charges to sleep after an exciting day aboard the flying car… Wait- maybe this whole thing has been a dream?  Has there ever been a dream sequence in all of Mark Trail?  Not that I Know of…

But don’t give up, Wes!  Shelley is probably back a base camp having that revelatory moment you can only imagine… the real beauty of the outdoors is foisting itself upon her in the form of a hungry pack of wolves…  while you use the tall, angular, implacable Mark Trail as your guide and crutch… because isn’t that really what being outdoors is all about?

And oh, by the way Harry, better order more orange ink, I think that barrel’s getting low…