Well, The Call didn’t take long to happen, did it!? I hope Mark and Cherry got most of their nature walk taken care of. But what was the prior interruption? Couldn’t be those eagles, so perhaps it was just another call that he ignored.

More significant is the fact that Mark brought his laptop on the camping trip, rather than leave it safely back at the lodge. And he knew it was likely to flood! I reckon that even experienced woodsmen get overconfident. But we also now know that Mark was apparently using his own phone, which he somehow had with him, all while dressed in his long johns. The ways of Mark Trail are often mysterious.

Art Dept. The art, lately, has been fairly consistent, though today, it looks somewhat ill-proportioned, especially the heads. On the other hand, the landscape in panel 1 is actually well composed and drawn. But when I look at panel 3, with that blue-green tree foliage behind Mark’s head, I can’t escape the feeling Rivera is being unusually metaphorical, as Mark grumbles over his recollection of the flash flood. See what I mean?