Trails WestChapter 2 Trail To Ellsworth
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Barely 11 am and already the air was hot with the promise of summer. I'd slept in late after my perfect evening with Eddie. He'd walked me to the door in an old fashioned sort of way, and kissed me with passion before leaving me for the night. I was walking to the stables wondering why was it, the more sex you got the more sex you wanted?
I was on my way to meet Billy. I wore a sleeveless thin white cotton shirt, jeans and tennis shoes. Maybe we'd go riding.
"Billy?" I called entering the stables.
"Here Katrina." Came his quiet reply, "Far stall."
Reaching the far stall I saw the most precious sight! A small reddish brown colt stood looking back at me with huge innocent eyes.
"Awwww!"
Billy smiled. "Come on in."
I opened the stall stepping in. "She's so cute."
"He." Billy corrected without thinking.
"May I pet him?" I was already reaching for him. His mother turned to watch me, but continued to munch on her fresh hay. "He's so soft! You name him yet?"
"Nope. Not officially. That's Jake's pleasure. He was down here this morning already." Billy continued to brush the mare's side. "I just call him 'Wobbles' for now."
"Wobbles? He unsteady?" I asked letting the mare smell my hand.
"Not now. But he sure was last night." Billy smiled, remembering. "I'm about done here, was just checking up on 'em." Billy patted the mare in farewell and we exited the stall.
"Wanna go for a ride?"
"I was hoping you'd ask." I smiled at Billy. He was so sexy. It was like he just walked off of a movie set.
"Pepper again?" He asked, one eyebrow raised.
"Sure Pepper and I got along fine! I'll help." Together we saddled up Pepper. Billy brought around a large quarter horse.
"Names Duke." Billy smiled. "Some try to call him Old Duke. But he's not ready for pasture yet." Billy patted Duke's neck fondly and lead him around to saddle him up. "He just gets a bit ornery now and again, and stubborn." Billy added, leading both horses out into the sunlight. "Hang on a second."
He darted back into the stables and was gone for just a minute. Returning he flopped a saddlebag over Duke's rump. He checked the cinch once more then offered me a hand up. Mounted, we both trotted out at a brisk pace, heading away from all the buildings and people.
"You been enjoying the time here?" Billy asked as we slowed to a walk.
"Actually yes. It's been..." I paused. " ... eye opening." I smiled.
Billy snorted, sounding a lot like Duke.
"I don't see you around much?" I fished.
"No. I don't want to play those parlor games. Just not my style."
"How did you end up here, with Jake?" I asked.
"You mean if I'm not a sex fiend?" Billy laughed. I felt my cheeks go a bit pink.
"Horses. Jake came looking for horses. All he had at the time were farm horses. Working horses you know?" Billy paused and waited for my nod. "He was looking for some good basic stock. People were pushing him to buy racers, and breeding stock and high dollar fillies." Billy shrugged. "Don't get me wrong, he wanted good horses, well bred. Just he wanted them for pleasure riding and didn't want to get into the whole breeding thing." Billy started to laugh. "Well horses anyway."
I smiled at his little joke. "I got it. And you came with the horses he bought?"
Billy nodded. "Sorta. I was working on a horse, putting it though it's paces while Jake was watching. The owner of that stable back there was trying to get Jake to buy some high dollar Arabians. Beautiful horses really, but it wasn't what Jake was wanting and Jake was getting rather tired of the run around. Ignoring the sales pitch he started asking me questions. What I thought about which horse, which would make good trail riders, that kinda thing." Billy shrugged.
"He ended buying only two horses there and asking me if I wanted a job. The offer was more than I could refuse. I took it. Once I got here, and took a look around we went out and bought a dozen more. Including Old Duke here." He patted Duke's neck. Duke nodded approving of the tale.
I laughed.
"Ever regret it?" I prodded.
"Oh yeah. I did." He gazed around us a bit, looking at the landscape before continuing. "That first year I'd heard a commotion in the stables and found a rowdy group." He shook his head, frowning. "They had this woman on some hay bales and two men holding her down. The were bringing over a stud and were going to let her get fucked by the horse."
Oh my! Thanks to Cleo's little talk the other day my mind supplied the images only too clearly.
"Yeah. I set the two men right. Broke a few of their ribs in the process." Billy smiled at the memory. "Now that woman, she went running out the stables shrieking her fool head off, spooking all the horses. Naked as the day she was born. Jake came storming in." Billy shook his head. "The fool was yelling at me and upsetting the horses even more. Jake didn't see what was wrong in letting that horse fuck the idiot. He said if she wanted it then let her have it."
I swallowed. I knew how long a horse's penis could get, and I'd heard it'd been done before. I couldn't image how any woman would handle such a thing inside of her. I shook my head.
"Yeah." Billy nodded, seeing my look. "Well I laid Jake out in the straw then and there. Told him if that's what he wanted the horses for then he didn't want me there. I figured I was done for. Hitting the boss, hitting his guest, objecting rather loudly to his tastes in both friends and hobby."
"I think I would have liked to have seen it." I said, and smiled. Wondering how Jake would have handled it all.
"It was ugly. I was packed and ready to leave come sunrise. I went into Jake's office for my paycheck and Jake apologized to me. Shocked me so much I just stood there, kinda mute like. He said I could run the stables how I saw fit and would keep the guests to only riding on the horse's backs not their dicks. He doubled my salary and said he'd hire on a few hands to help me keep order in the stables." Billy shrugged. "I didn't believe it. Figured the very next party they'd be abusing the horses again. But so far..." His voice trailed off.
"I wonder what changed his mind." I pondered out loud.
"Was the woman." Billy said simply with a shrug.
"The woman who wanted to ... err..." I gestured towards Pepper's ears.
He nodded. "It turned out she wasn't exactly willing. And the damage that the horse could have done her would have cost Jake more than he was willing to pay. He agreed, the horses were to stay off limits. Jake may be a pervert. But he's not stupid."
I remembered Jake's rule about no sex in his house, was that so he could stay clear of rape charges or perhaps prostitution charges?
"What about you? How did you end up here at Jake's?" Billy inquired.
"Cleo. You know she works for Jake." Billy nodded, waiting. I was hesitant. "I'd just gotten out of a bad relationship. I wasn't doing so well. Cleo thought a vacation would help."
"So you didn't know what this place is?" He asked.
"Still don't." I gave a weak chuckle. "I mean, I've gotten the idea sex isn't only allowed, and encouraged, but welcomed and expected. I guess." I paused, mulling things over in my mind. "The whys are still a question. And I don't ever know what's going to happen next. That does hold a certain appeal." I kept my eyes on the reins for a bit. "I do know I've enjoyed myself more than I thought possible. And I'm learning a lot about myself. I just don't know."
We rode in silence for a bit.
"Up for some trail riding? We'd head up the mountain a bit." Billy let the matter drop. We headed up through the trees where the wildcat had been seen last year.
"I thought it was too dangerous to be up this way."
"Only if you're a fool." Billy smiled. "If there is some kind of wildcat up here. Then it doesn't want to be discovered anymore than you want to discover it. There is no shortage of wild game, nor water, it's perfectly safe. Besides, who knows what they saw."
"I'm game." Billy made it sound so reasonable.
We turned our mounts to the trail leading into the woods. The temperature was much cooler than in the direct sunlight. The trail was only wide enough for one horse at a time, so we rode upwards in single file. It didn't take long at all for the vegetation to get dense. Everywhere I looked I saw wild life. From birds and squirrels to snake and lizards. Looking up, the trees created a wonderful canopy of greens, still bright with their new growths. The bright sunlight shone through the branches creating long sunbeams, which highlighted the pollen in the air. The cacophony of sounds was magnificent. Birds sang as they darted from tree to tree. The squirrels would chatter and scamper away in protest at our approach. There was a low hum from the insects that clouded about. The air around me was still, yet I could hear the breeze rustle the treetops above. It was hard to take it all in and pay attention to the riding. The trail had been unused for some time and decaying logs had to be avoided. Long hanging branches added to the obstacle course and if you relaxed your guard, one was sure to smack you in the face. Sometimes whole trees would have fallen, yet leaning against another they weren't low enough to step over nor high enough to duck under on horseback. So we would have to leave the path to circle around the fallen tree and make our way back to the trail. I, personally, never could see the trail, even when we were on it. I was glad Billy knew the way.
We rode for some time. It appeared to me Billy had a destination in mind. I didn't care. My eyes and ears feasted on the magic around me. Any second I expected to see fairies flutter by my head, sure we'd entered into some enchanted forest. How could all of this, be so close, yet be so wild? This special other world that was just beyond a few trees? I was amazed and lost all track of time, and location. Watching Billy duck under a low branch, I sure hoped he knew where he was going, anyway.
After a bit longer Billy paused. He turned back on his mount and asked "hungry?"
I must have looked a sight by now. I knew my face was red and I'd been sweating my body really wasn't used to riding keeping up with Billy had taken it's toll. It actually took a lot of concentration to maneuver around things in the dense wood. My muscles defiantly weren't used it after a year sitting on my ass in front of the TV. I nodded and smiled. I was having good time. Getting a good work out too. And I'd worked up an appetite.
"Actually. Yes." Reining up behind him I stopped Pepper. "We didn't bring anything."
"Ha. You didn't bring anything. I, however, am prepared." He grinned a sexy grin and patted his saddlebags. "Almost there. Can you make it?"
"If you can I can." realizing a bit late that sounded childish. Billy still looked as fresh as he had this morning, but of course he rode horses everyday. I wondered if he even owned a TV.
We continued on for some time. I was beginning to think maybe I couldn't make it. And then there is the return trip to contend with! Hmmm.
"Just about there." I heard from ahead of me.
Indeed. The ground cover had changed. It looked almost like mulch! I lifted my eyes forward, ahead of Billy and Duke. There was a wall! Of trees?
Billy had stopped and dismounted.
"Here, let me help. I easily forget not everyone was born for the saddle." Billy aided me off of Peppers back and my legs at once protested.
"Ugh. Yeah." I smiled. "I'll be a bit sore tomorrow. Doesn't matter. This has been just wonderful!" I was looking around trying to take it all in. Billy was busy with the horses, he secured them both loosely to a tree and running his hands over their hides. Looking for scratches or signs of stress from the trail I guessed.
"They can rest a spell." He gave Pepper a fond pat. I was happy he didn't add that I could rest too.
"What is this?" I looked at the wall before me. Oddly it was all natural. The wood from trees had looked like they'd been woven together as they grew creating a solid wall.
Billy shrugged, getting the saddlebags off of Duke. "I don't know what's it called, or why, or if it's common or not. I just thought it was different enough and you'd like to see it." He flipped the bags over one shoulder and took my hand. "This way."
Merely a few steps to our right there was a space more than wide enough for a man to walk though, if he ducked. We entered mother natures house. It took a moment for my eyes to adjust to the new lighting. The trees on the outside had grown together forming a wide circle, where inside nothing grew save two or three more of the same trees. There was no grass, no brush, and no other trees. Looking up, the sky was almost completely hidden! The same branches that created the walls, were woven together tightly high overhead, only these were covered with a thick dark green foliage. The ground was soil. Looking like fresh tilled soil, dark and rich with only a few of last seasons leaves scattered about.
The light that entered this sanctuary, came from the walls. Sections, like the one we'd walked through weren't woven as tight and allowed light in. Very little sunlight was brought in directly from the sky. This area was much cooler then the outside, secluded and quiet. Almost cathedral like.
I gasped in complete awe, turning to take it all in.
Billy waited, smiling.
"Worth the ride?" Billy asked, knowing the answer already.
"Oh ... my ... it's..." I didn't have the words, my neck arched backing looking high above my head.
"Yeah. It is." Billy agreed. He dropped the saddlebag. "I'll be back. Gonna unsaddle the horses and let them relax. It will give a while too." And he ducked back outside.
"Outside", I thought. How strange. I was outside, but somehow I wasn't. I walked about not touching the walls at first. Some branches had woven so tightly together that they appeared to be fused together, melded almost. Others had gaps that I could fit my hand through. But didn't, oddly fearful of them, perhaps the magic that wove them chose this instant to close the gap? At long last I reached out to tentatively touch the wall. Its bark was almost smooth to the touch like an Ash tree, only a dark brown in color. Still other areas had larger gaps, not large enough to step through, well perhaps a child could. Overhead the foliage shook as a squirrel scampered along its thick basket woven canopy. At least I hoped it was a squirrel, there was no seeing through it to tell. Moving over to one of the trees that grew "inside", I was amazed. It grew up, it's trunk? trunks? weaving together as they spiraled upwards joining the masses at the top. Simply amazing.
Billy rejoined me. This time he had the saddle blankets.
"A bit smelling like horses and damp with their sweat, but it's the best I could do." Billy offered the blankets as a seat.
"No thanks." I laughed. "I'd rather sit on the ground. I mean sitting in horse sweat isn't appealing."
"Right." Billy said laughing. Our laughter sounded loud in the still quiet of the area.
We sat in on the soil around the saddlebag. The ground was downright cold, even through my jeans. First Billy pulled out a bottle of wine.
"Wine?" I asked with a grin. "Did some prep work did you?"
"Just a tad." Billy agreed with the barest hint of color to his face. "No glasses, straight from the bottle I fear. And not a very high dollar brand, didn't want to fuss with a cork." He did blush when he unscrewed it. "I didn't know know that you'd join me for a ride today, only hoped. I figured in case of, we'd have a bit of a snack."
I laughed, not at the wine, but at him. I took my sip, 'straight from the bottle' and lived just fine.
Digging back in the bag he pulled out two apples, some cheese wrapped in plastic wrap and a nice hunk of French bread. What looked like homemade beef jerky followed.
"And I've got nuts for desert." He added proudly, at first not realizing the implication.
"I'm not touching that one." I said biting into the cheese to keep from laughing.
"Err yeah well umm." He produced the can of mixed nuts.
We ate. Simple as that. We'd worked up an appetite on the trail and devoured the simple meal, leaving hardly a crumb behind. Saving the best for last, the nuts.
"Nice and cool up here hey? How did you find this place." I asked, popping a cashew in my mouth. I lifted my hair off of my neck finally feeling cooler for the first time since morning.
Billy finished chewing and explained, "Well, it's off the trail. I don't know if you noticed when we left the trail" He reached for more nuts.
"I hadn't. But that's ok, I couldn't ever tell when we were on the trail either."
Billy chuckled.
"Well the year the 'mountain lion' " Billy rolled his eyes, "was spotted several of us came up to hunt it down. We can't leave a cat like that loose. Or so I was told. Frankly as long as it didn't attack anyone I don't see why not, it's his home as much as ours." Billy frowned and popped some more nuts in his mouth. "But anyway." He continued around a mouthful "I rode the trail up to where it was seen, the cat I mean, then headed this way. There was no reason to head this direction." he shrugged. "just happened."
He took a sip of the cheap wine.
"And here it was." He nodded to the wall of branches. "I will admit I spent more time looking around here then I did for the cat." Billy smiled.
He sipped from the bottle and handed it back to me.
"I never told anyone. I didn't want Jake to make it a tourist attraction. Besides, there's something..." He fished for the right word.
After taking a sip I shook my head. "I know. Church like?" I guessed. "Don't worry. I won't tell him."
We passed what was left of the wine back and forth and finished off the nuts talking about simple things. We compared childhoods and families. Exchanged Christmas stories and the first horrors of dating in high school. He talked of how he went to his local collage, sampling different courses, not knowing what he wanted to do. His father pushed him too hard in a direction he didn't want to go. Finally he simply up and left.
"There was no way I was going to be stuck inside all day wearing a suit and tie, having little time for my own life." Billy explained. "I hated being called Mr. Taylor because it wasn't proper to be called anything else." He shrugged. "I missed the outdoors, freedom."
"Freedom? Isn't that what collage is? Frat boys enjoying the freedom from their parents.?" I asked with a smile.
"Not that kind of freedom." Billy smiled. "Although that had its perks, at the time, too." Leaving it at that he continued on. "No, drinking and parties have their place, sure. But for me they got old really quick. The freedom I missed was the open air, freedom to move. The freedom to make my own choices and not follow someone else's plan on what I should do when." He shrugged. "I hung in there. I finished collage. And for my Dad, I took the job he got me. Held it almost a year. Couldn't stand it! One day I up and left. Haven't regretted it yet."
"I spent a few years on the road. Doing odd jobs wherever I was needed. I found that job on a horse farm, then I knew where I belonged."
I waited for him to continue, wishing I had a sweater.
"Horses. They don't care what's in your bank account. They don't care what you're wearing. And they'll never call me Mr. Taylor." Billy chuckled over that.
"That's true." I said joining in his laughter.
"We should head back." Billy stated looking up at the leaves overhead.
"Oh!" I had noticed, it had gotten even cooler, and darker in just the last few minutes. "It can't be dusk falling already? surely?" It was before noon when we left the stables.
"No." Billy shook his head and began to gather up our things. "But very close." I helped, suddenly feeling an urge to hurry.
"Just what I feared." Billy was looking sky wards as I joined him outside of our hideaway.
"What?" I looked up.
"Storms coming. A Spring Cold Front I'm betting by the feel."
Oh not good. On a mountainside early Spring with a cold front. Nope. Not good at all. We saddled the horses, walked them a few paces, checked the cinches and mounted. I ignored the protests of my sore body. The wind was increasing and the cloud cover was making the woods look sinister. I'm not sure if the horses were picking up our anxiety, or us theirs, either way all four of us wanted out of the trees and back to the stables.
Billy paused before we headed into the thicker woods. "I'm gonna move us fast. Keep low to his neck" He nodded towards Peppers head. "Keep alert. If you can't keep up shout out, before, you start to fall behind." Billy leaned over towards me winking he add. "Don't worry, just don't want you to hit your head on a branch." He smiled.
I nodded, serious. I knew he was trying to lighten the mood but he failed. I was sore and tired and the ride home promised to be a harsh one.
"Lets go" He said and took the lead.
I kept Pepper close to Duke's rump. It was getting darker by the second. I didn't think we were going to out run the rain. The woods had changed. No longer a fairies play land. It now looked dark and unwelcoming. Trees tops were swaying with the wind. The small animals, all had gone to their homes. The birds, silent.
Billy glanced back at me to check how I was doing. I must have passed inspection because he increased our speed.
I could hear it before I could feel it. The platter of rain on the leaves above us. Billy cursed.
"I can't find it." Billy muttered, turning us back the way we'd come.
I stayed silent, letting him concentrate on finding the trail. I was fighting down my own panic.
"There!" Billy sounded relieved just as the first drops of cold rain hit my arms. "But hardly out of the woods yet." He flashed a quick smile to me and kept up the pace. "We lost time in finding the trail." Billy had to shout for me to hear it.
A low rumble like a lions growl could be heard from the sky.
"Damn!" Billy cursed again, his relief in finding the trail very shortly lived.
We were in a thick area now and had to slow, going around trees we couldn't avoid on the trail. Pepper stopped, refusing to go forward.
"Pepper, this really isn't the time." I complained.
"Billy!" I shouted keeping my eyes glued to Peppers ears, which were flat against his head, eyes rolling. Pepper was shifting his weight and backing up. He refused to be moved forward, his body was tensing. Something was wrong. "Billy?"
Jumping from Duke but keeping his reins, Billy grabbed Peppers halter. Talking soothing to him I could just make out his words... "what is it boy ... it's ok..."
Then suddenly I knew. I could feel what Pepper already knew. The hairs on the back of my neck rose. I looked down at my arm, the hair there too was rising. The smell of ozone in the air was strong and just as I was about to tell Billy, it struck! A bolt of electricity came down and struck a nearby tree. All of us were blinded in a split second flash of light, the sound was intense! Pepper screamed and reared up. I slipped off his back like the saddle had been buttered. Pepper was pawing the air then took off a dead gallop through the trees, he'd pulled from Billy's grasp as if it was a mere child's hold. Duke wasn't doing much better. Duke was rearing and pulling at the reins Billy held tight. His eyes wide and rolling in their sockets. I had landed hard on the ground missing a thick log by inches, the breath temporary knocked out of me. Billy was fighting to hold onto Duke. The rain poured from the sky! I saw spots, white hot on my retina from the lighting. I could hear Duke's protests over the storm. Finally with a strong jerk, Duke broke free and raced after Pepper.
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I’ve had a pretty typical life, that is, up until the events I will describe in this story, which began almost a year ago. I was born, raised, and educated in the Midwest, and then married my high school sweetheart after we graduated from college. My name is Ryan, and I’m now forty years old and living in a suburb of Minneapolis with my wife, Sarah, and daughter, Brooke. Brooke just turned sixteen in the spring before the end of her sophomore year in high school, as did Kaley, the daughter of...
OutdoorPlease read Chapters 1-4. They will give you a better understanding of the characters and the story to this point. As always, constructive comments and emails are welcome and appreciated. Also as usual there are no graphic sex scenes in my stories. Thank you for taking the time to read my work. I hope you enjoy the story. **************** The three men were two days north of Santa Fe on their way to the Chico Basin near Colorado City. Josh Kelly, John ‘Red’ McCall, and Jerry Barnes hoped...
This chapter can be read as a standalone story, but I suggest you read Chapters 1-3. It will give you a better understanding of the characters and the story to this point. As always, constructive comments and emails are welcome and appreciated. Also as usual there are no graphic sex scenes in my stories. Thank you for taking the time to read my work. I hope you enjoy the story. ********************* The Hobart wagon train was four days west of Amarillo and young Josh Kelly was scouting...
This chapter can be read as a standalone story but it will make more sense and give you the background of the characters and the story line if you read the first two chapters. Constructive comments/emails are welcome and appreciated. There are no graphic sex scenes in this story. Thanks for taking the time to read my work and I hope you enjoy it. ************************** 18 year old Josh Kelly was pushing the horse and mule remuda along the trail just to the side of where the wagons were...
Running in the south during a heatwave isn't recommended. I really needed to get this run in as I'd missed 2 days already this week. Before leaving the office I checked the temp; 96 degrees and 89% humidity at 5:00 pm, not good.I ventured out to the trail wearing a sleeveless black tee my favorite running shorts and my black running sneakers. As usual there were people already riding, walking and running on the trail. The trail itself is 3.1 miles from end to end and stretches about 6 feet...
InterracialI watched as you approached the car. Just as I asked, you were wearing a short skirt and a hoodie. I pushed myself off of the hood and met you partway. I took your arm and guided you to the car. Changing hands, I opened the door and allowed you to step in, offering my steady hand for support.Once inside, you look up at me with a subdued excitement in your eyes. You don’t know where I’m taking you, but you know I have something planned. You can see the brief lightning flash in my eyes as my...
ExhibitionismIt was early morning. The sun had just turned a darkened sky to apale silvery gray. A heavy fog blanketed the forest-floor while a mistcontinued to float down on everything beneath the canopy. I doubted verymuch that there was another soul near me, for miles. That was good. Thatwas exactly the way I wished it to be. Becoming lost in thought, I ranharder, faster. The sound of the leaves and sticks crunching under my weightbrought comfort in their familiarity. Keeping my breathing regular,...
Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Boone dismounted in front of the Marshal's office in Tucson Arizona. He raised both hands over his head, leaned backwards and stretched. He was 30 years old but felt much older. Too many outlaws, too many long trails, and too many gun fights, he thought. I can't make these long rides like I used to. Boone turned to the horse that he'd led into town. Jenson Stoolie was tied face down across the saddle. Boone motioned to a 12 year old boy sitting on the porch in...
I descend down the hill at a brisk pace. My lungs struggle to take in the oxygen that is depleted from my running. My legs are tired and ache but I’m only halfway through this run. It’s a hot Michigan day, but on the trail, it is shaded and feels cooler. I have never been a great runner. My father would always say, “You're not suited for distance, Rachel, you're a speedrunner.” I enjoy running these wooded trails because I rarely see anyone out here, so I’m comfortable wearing just a sports...
VoyeurMy husband Tom and I are always out riding the 'Rails to Trails' bike routes and have several favorite spots. We have been on these trails in many states of which all offer a unique beauty as well as each having it's own individuality. Our favorite local trail is known as the Great Allegheny Passage. It starts in Pittsburg, PA; runs east along the Youghiogheny and Casselman Rivers on into Maryland where it joins onto the C & O Canal trail at Cumberland, MD. From there the canal trail works...
MasturbationJosh and Red came to the base of a large gently sloping hill; they'd been following the tracks of ten cattle and three horses for most of the day. It had to be the rustlers trail. Now the two young men stopped to give their horses a breather. "Red, how's Jasper holding up?" Josh asked about Red's horse. "He's mad because I've kept him at walk for the last two hours. He'll do," Red answered. "Diablo's in good shape too. I'm thinking if we cut over the top of the hill we can cut...
If you’ve hung in with the story until now, thank you. If you’re just getting started, welcome. I suggest you read Chapters 1-5. They will give you a better understanding of the characters and situations. There are no graphic sex scenes in this story. As usual constructive comments and emails are welcome and appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read my tale and please enjoy. ********************** Josh and Red came to the base of a large gently sloping hill, they’d been following...
I have been debating about what experience I should share with you today. Or if I should just continue chronologically from my last post. Well I may just bounce around a little. I have to tell you about the time I went on a hike.I had every intention of going on this hike specifically to go jerk off. If someone happened by while I was jacking great. I had hoped to be caught in the act anyways. By this point I had been jacking off in public for about a 2 years now and become quite proficient. I...
I was on my way home from doing sales calls in the LA area and I thought I would cruise by a 'cruisy' trail head parking lot before I headed home. This parking lot has two sections, I parked went by one side and saw a little white pickup with a guy sitting in it...promising...., then I went to the other side and it looked like just hikers and mountain bikers getting ready for some afternoon exercise, so I went back to the other side to see if the white truck was still there. It was so I parked...
GayShe had been in a slump for a couple weeks. Nothing had been going right for her and she felt like her world could collapse at any moment. Whenever she wanted to relieve stress, she hiked this trail, one mile up the mountain and the other mile back down. She was almost to the top of the trail when it started to rain. ‘I’ve got to get away,’ she said to no one in particular as she walked along the trail. ‘So much for walking to help me take my mind off HIM.’ The ‘HIM’ would be her first real...
The American River Bike Trail Those of you that have read my stories know that over the years, I love to take her parking mostly with a blindfold and her hands tied. When we lived in Northern California there were a number of places I would take her. The American River bike trail was only one. She never new where she had been, as I would almost never take the blindfold off until we were on our way home. To have a woman who not only wants to, but allows this sort of thing to be done to her...
Introduction: I have done so many forms of this thing to my Girl, and these are only several of them I have done so many forms of this thing to my Girl, and these are only several of them The American River Bike Trail Those of you that have read my stories know that over the years, I love to take her parking mostly with a blindfold and her hands tied. When we lived in Northern California there were a number of places I would take her. The American River bike trail was only one. She never new...
this was a very stimulating but over the top we didn't think through so hot its got to work event. We often called them events because sometimes it was a whole productions including both live people props and areas or buildings, parking suv in specific place or recruiting to meet through many telecommunications . I had only ever fucked her in private an this was the first outdoor fucking on a trail as a trail to a trail in plam beach. This sleepy park lon paper look great with a high vantage...
Copyright© 042702 The trail crunches under foot as it leads on up through the Gorge. The air is cool, crisp and smells of an early Autumn day. The sky is that clear blue one sees on that rare day when the sun will be out all day, but never gets hot. My feet seem to barely touch the ground as I attack the path. The day is young and I am filled with energy. The forest is filled with the sounds of silence, the only sounds I hear are my breathing and the steady cadence of my footfalls. The autumn...
The Chisholm Trail was a well known route from San Antonio up into the Indian Territories. It had been used for a trading route since the 1840s and was well known to many people, but it had not had much use as a cattle trail until Mr. McCoy had opened his cattle-buying operation in Abilene, Kansas. The trail kind of petered out somewhere in the middle of the Indian Territories, so Mr. McCoy had marked an extension with white flags on stakes to lead them into Abilene, Kansas. Therefore, most...
THE END OF THE TRAILThe Author’s note: Beginning from 02 July 08, this is already my tenth story. It’s also my final. I’ve had a couple months with some spare time on my hands, now it’s time to move on, more important things to do. Having never before written, much less submitted a story of any kind, I would like to take a moment to thank the readers who took their time to click onto my ramblings these last, past few weeks. I typed my first story on a lark, and just like the first, all my...
Lost Trail Cabin (chapter 4) As the sun rises in the sky, its golden rays dance through the cracks in the blinds, Jake awakens with his arm still draped over Nancy. Jake slips out of bed, careful not to wake Nancy, and then heads out into the kitchen to make some coffee. As he passes through the living room, he notices their robes scattered on the floor, empty wine glasses tipped over, the empty wine bottle. A smile crosses his face as he thinks back to the passion they shared just a few hours...
My husband Tom and I are always out riding the ‘Rails to Trails’ bike routes and have several favorite spots. We have been on these trails in many states of which all offer a unique beauty as well as each having it’s own individuality. Our favorite local trail is known as the Great Allegheny Passage. It starts in Pittsburg, PA, runs east along the Youghiogheny and Casselman Rivers on into Maryland where it joins onto the C & O Canal trail at Cumberland, MD. From there the canal trail works...
Lost Trail Cabin (chapter 4) As the sun rises in the sky, its golden rays dance through the cracks in the blinds, Jake awakens with his arm still draped over Nancy. Jake slips out of bed, careful not to wake Nancy, and then heads out into the kitchen to make some coffee. As he passes through the living room, he notices their robes scattered on the floor, empty wine glasses tipped over, the empty wine bottle. A smile crosses his face as he thinks back to the passion they shared just a few hours...
Straight SexRunning in the south during a heatwave isn’t recommended. I really needed to get this run in as I’d missed 2 days already this week. Before leaving the office I checked the temp, 96 degrees and 89% humidity at 5:00 pm, not good. I ventured out to the trail wearing a sleeveless black tee my favorite running shorts and my black running sneakers. As usual there were people already riding, walking and running on the trail. The trail itself is 3.1 miles from end to end and stretches about 6 feet...
It was a brisk, sunny early October morning. Carolyn and I were hiking a trail up to a wooded ridge and a spectacular view of the autumn colors to take some photo's. s**ttered shafts of sunlight streamed through the trees, lighting up the multi-colored leaves and highlighted the rhythmic swaying curves of Carolyn's well rounded ass and firm legs as I followed her pace. She playfully complained about how her thighs were still sore from the intensity of our passionate sex in the tent the night...
The rider on the buckskin took his time, studying the trail, and, by turns, the terrain ahead. He could tell by the way sand occasionally fell into a hoof print that he was not far behind his quarry. The horse he was following had been ridden hard, and from the way the hooves scraped sand between steps, must have been on its last legs. The heat made the air shimmer as he studied the rocks and brush ahead for any sign of the man he had chased halfway across the territory. Yesterday, they had...
It had been almost two weeks since Joshua Kelly rode south from his family home in southeastern Missouri, leading his pack horse he was deep in thought. He had left the only home he had ever known because his father and mother didn’t want him to become involved in the Bushwhackers Gang or the great Civil War that was raging across the country. It was especially dangerous to the families living in the border states of Missouri and Kansas. His father William, his mother Molly, and younger...
Lost Trail Cabin (chapter 5)Jake and Nancy take off through the woods down the trail towards the base of the mountain. Once again they ski back to the lift and take the lift again. This time they pass the midway point and continue on up the mountain. They decide to get off at the next drop which is about three fourths of the way up the mountain. Stopping at the top of the trail, Nancy takes some pictures of the view.Another couple gets off the lift and heads their way. As they approach, they...
Straight SexAndy's Story I'm a pretty typical guy. I love the outdoors but live on the eastern seaboard, so the outdoors I can get to you might not recognize as outdoors. Even so, I grew up in a small town on a non-working farm, so camping, hiking, horseback riding, pig-slopping, cow-tipping; these were all in my youth. I've never had the time to take off for a summer and have fun with nature. Well, now I have the time. I just got laid off and since I got a nice package based on my years I could...
It had been almost two weeks since Joshua Kelly rode south from his family home in southeastern Missouri; leading his pack horse he was deep in thought. He had left the only home he had ever known because his father and mother didn't want him to become involved in the Bushwhackers Gang or the great Civil War that was raging across the country. It was especially dangerous to the families living in the border states of Missouri and Kansas. His father William, his mother Molly, and younger...
Introduction: Its nice to have a trail that kids use to transit to school right outside my back door. This will be an ongoing story. Like most all mornings I was sitting at my kitchen table at 4am steadily working on a cup of coffee, in a futile attempt to wake up. Having a lot of work to get done today I needed all the caffeine I could take. I live on 60 acres just outside of a semi rural town. My land is pretty level from the road back to the last 10 acres or so where it slopes down into a...
I am in deep love with my wife, we have a very good sex life, even after 20 years of marriage, we get into sex almost 2 to 3 time a week, of late while having sex I often think of my wife having sex with another male in my presence, I fantasize that I am watching the whole show without my wife noticing it, I prefer a fantasy in which she is accidentally taken by some stranger. My wife is 46 years and I am 49 we have a son who is in his 12th standard and we have put him in a hostel in Hyderabad...
(episode 5)The Christmas Holidays my freshman year had been great so far, there was the Christmas Party at Jennifer’s house, the trip to the mall with Jennifer and her friends. I also had caught up with and hung out with some old buddies. And just two days before Christmas, two girls from UGA with whom I had become really good friends, Kelly and Katie, dropped by to see me for a few minutes on their way in to Atlanta for last minute Christmas shopping.I was also glad that Dad had given me a few...
College SexThe kingdom of Berkedt, one of what are called the Trail Kingdoms, was our first assignment for Burr, as I was now instructed to call him. We were sent to gather information, and at the same time, provide some unobtrusive protection for the agent he was sending, a man named Collar Triosa. My first impression? The man was sloppy and obnoxious and he was late. We should have set out at first light, but of course Collar was late and disorganized. His carriage at least showed some signs of...
I've held onto this story for a while. Maybe it has been out of embarrassment, guilt, fear of being misconstrued, or just not knowing how to process it. Now that I'm older, I'm not ashamed – and I have returned to it as a defining moment in my evolution, if you can call it that.Gerald lived around the corner from my family. For years, I had mowed his lawn, as I did for most neighbors growing up. In the two years since Gerald's wife died, however, my family tried to spent a little more time with...
However, I still cared about her. She was a good friend and different than what I was used to. I grew up in a slightly racist town so the girls were predominately white. Even though the KKK hadn't run the town in several decades, they somehow managed to keep minorities away even long after the clan's demise. It's always eye candy for me to see a sexy black girl. On top of that, she was smart and funny. It's quite rare to find a girl with all of that. One night I asked her to go on a...
Lost Trail Cabin (chapter 5) Jake and Nancy take off through the woods down the trail towards the base of the mountain. Once again they ski back to the lift and take the lift again. This time they pass the midway point and continue on up the mountain. They decide to get off at the next drop which is about three fourths of the way up the mountain. Stopping at the top of the trail, Nancy takes some pictures of the view. Another couple gets off the lift and heads their way. As they approach, they...
"Hey, Billy! Ya wanna go ta Abilene, Kansas?" "Hell, Hiram, why would I want ta go ta Abilene, Kansas?" "'Cause Jake Ephram is hirin' drovers ta run a flock of cattle from his ranch ta Abilene, Kansas usin' the Chisholm Trail. He's payin' $25 a month and found. Ya're just like me—ya ain't had a job in over a year an' ya ain't got no prospects. THAT'S WHY!" "Shit! Why didn't ya say so! Sure, I want a job, an' I'll take most anythin' I kin get, so long as it's...
A deep azure sky accompanied by a light cool breeze is the recipe for a nice summer day. Temperatures were in the 80's with no trace of humidity. Sloane had dropped by my home to say good morning. She was letting Siobahn sleep late. She knew my wife was kayaking, so her visit was safe. I was in the garage tuning up my hybrid bicycle."Oh, I see you like to cycle," she said."Yes, a friend and I cycle every Friday. We ride 20-25 miles. It is beneficial cardiovascular exercise, and we like riding...
MasturbationLost Trail Cabin (chapter 6)Since they are dressed up tonight, they drive to the Saloon. After parking Jake moves to Nancy’s side of the car to open the door.As Nancy moves to get out of the car, she gives Jake a little tease by pausing with her legs apart. Just long enough for him to notice her panties, and then she moves her legs back together as he helps her out of the car. Jake was quite aware of Nancy’s actions, as he felt the familiar stirring between his legs.Nancy playfully asks, “Did...
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