62 days 2 hours
Next morning I went to see if the wolf was still there, luckily he was gone.
I decided that I will set up my base here. At least until I find something else. The house looks quite ok and is rather spacious inside.
I don't need to make a fire. There is enough water to drink in the toilets.
I also found some useful items, a pair of mittens and lots of cloth.
A wool long underwear in terrible condition (25%), full of piss and feces.
But if I wash it a little in the toilet, and repair it with some cloth, it will give me a nice warmth bonus.
To make the trip as fast as possible, I need to travel light and leave everything behind that I can.
Finally I manage to strip my weight down to 13 kg.
So this is my new base, Lakefront Cabins. There is not one, but three houses. I will have a small village for me.
None of the houses has everything I need. There is a fireplace in one, a first aid kit in another.
Plenty of storage space, and at least one corpse that could be used to store meat.
But there is no workbench in either of them.
From here I could get to the rabbit island over the lake, even spend the night there if I want.
The house on the other island opposite also interests me, but seem to be guarded by wolves.
I also walk a few minutes in the other direction, but the ice begins to thin and make a frightening noise.
At least I will know that to commit suicide I need not save bullets. I will just get drunk and walk over the lake.
So I set out, simply following the highway. To the right are huge cliffs.
My plan is to follow the highway for a while and then, when the cliffs end, turn right into the mountains
The road leads to some sort of town with half a dozen buildings.
This is infested with wolfes so I quickly pass around. No use to head into a wolflair without a little bit of firepower.
The temperature is forgiving, and I discover a few new places along the road. This house would also make nice base. but it does not seem to have a fireplace, I can tell this from the lack of a chimney.
The road turns into a sort of serpentine track, and I see another group of huts in the distance.
But when I wander further in that direction at one point a wolf blocks the road. I turn around.
Eventually I am forced to climb downb the mountains again, and end up at the coastal highway.
I come across several corpses and 2 of them contain single rifle rounds.
I wasted many hours by the detour into the mountains, my fatigue is getting red and I need to rest in one of the huts on the lake. Ironically you can almost see the Lakefront Cabins - the point where I started from - on the horizon.
There are 2 locked containers inside, but I dont have a prybar. I mark the place in the map and need to come back later.
Next morning when I open the door, I hear a weird sound and see a wolf fleeing from me!
I like to think that my presence in this area has been noted by the wolves and that they are now telling countless tales of a famous two-legged man, that kills careless wolves and eats them!
From here on I already know the terrain. I reach Rabbit Cove in a little over an hour.
The snare I left two days ago has caught a rabbit!
Now I am not sure what to do with it. I cannot cook it and if I learned something in the last months, it is to never eat raw meat.
It also makes little sense to carry it with me, because I have enough food in Trapper's.
The carcass is frozen so harvesting the meat will also take an hour and reduce my condition.
But if I leave it until I come back in 2,3 days it will probably be nothing left ...
I go to the hut and deposit some stuff that I don't need for the last leg of my journey. 2 rifle rounds I found, can opener, sewing kit etc
I also rest for an hour to get warm.
I head out to but now a wolf has entered the scene, taking the decision for me.
I will leave the rabbit.
Not very clever if I risk my skin for a little bit of bunny meat, with half a days march ahead of me.
The weather has gotten colder and I need to get over the railway bridge.
Cold deteriorates quicker than I thought it would.
On the other side, near Hydro Dam I come across 2 wolves that try to attack me, and I am forced to outrun them.
Since I carry little weight it turns out to be doable. But this seems to be the most dangerous part of the journey, and I need to be careful when I come back with a full load of gear.
By mid day I am well on my way and reach the Lone Cabin. Interestingly, there are a lot of rabbits here, but no wolves.
This would make an an excellent place to hunt.
The rabbit snare has caught nothing, but perhaps it is better because I can take the snare with me.
I take all gear from my first depot, and carry it to the house. I will now make an assessment of what I have and what I can take with me.
I arrive at day 63, early afternoon. The food I left in the rucksack turns out in excellent condition. Cooked venison is still at 92%, and I still have 8 kilo. There is also a large amount of canned food, and cloth.
I now have a lot of time to prepare the next part of my journey. Get the rifle, ammo, lamp, etc, make as many repairs as I can.
Sleep a night or two. Then take everything I can and dump everything else under the snow. I already know there will be a lot of material that I need to leave behind, but it is not such a big deal. The water? Well screw the water. I can drink from toilets when I am back. I can always come back if I need more. I can afford to leave the rest here.
