Heart : Animal Senses Series Book 1

Chapter 10

Rayne wanted to stomp on the box in her hand. She read the instructions once more for the little converter do-dad thingy. Apparently, she had to select the right voltage, plug it into the car lighter, and then she could plug her new travel coffee maker into it. Simple, if she knew what the correct voltage was. She just wanted coffee and would be more than willing to solve puzzles after that.

Opening the box, she went back around to the opened driver's door, plugged it into the lighter outlet, and turned back to look at the coffee maker. If she blew it up, she was going to be devastated—no coffee was a very bad thing. Picking up the brewer, Rayne set it on the floor of the car and slowly plugged it in. A light lit up on the converter thing, but that was it. Blowing out a breath, she hoped that meant it was going to function. She had water— now if she just knew where the boy had put the coffee, the world would be right once more.

Going back, she looked in the trunk. She had to take it all out. She might as well start now. Rayne started pulling things out, still amazed that this much had fit into the car. Besides her clothes, he had packed a tent, a small folding table and chair, and food all squished into a cooler, which could also plug into the converter. There were several cans of food scattered in nooks and crannies to conserve space. She even had an air mattress, and after sleeping in the car last night, it sounded really good right now. It plugged into the lighter to be inflated. Who knew a car lighter could do so many things? She felt around under one of the bags of clothes and touched something that felt like a can of coffee, of course she stood there grinning as she pulled it out and hugged it. Coffee. The day was looking better now.

Roughly ten minutes later, Rayne held her travel mug of hot steaming coffee. Inhaling the aroma was almost as gratifying as drinking it. She paused and looked at the mess she'd made pulling out a bit of this and a few of that. Was she looking forward to setting up her little camp? Yes, now she was. It could be fun. The boy had saved all the instructions, so it should be fairly simple to set up. She turned around and tried to decide, while savoring the coffee, where she was going to set up her tent. He'd said something about the morning sun, but she couldn't remember for sure. Shelter it from the sunrise or face the sunrise? Wouldn't it be better to have the warm sun at dawn? Oh, dawn light. So, the East—she should make sure it wasn't in the open to the East. Turning in a complete circle, she frowned, if she knew which way was East, it would be easier. Had she bought a compass? Honestly, she didn't know. He had been packing stuff and ringing it up all while she stood there wondering if she should even be thinking of camping alone.

Not ready to admit she was awake enough to work, Rayne wandered over to the little building and pushed the door open. She didn't step inside, just remained standing outside looking in. It was very dirty from what she could see. There were a few areas where daylight showed through the holes in the walls. Rayne sipped the coffee while debating on cleaning and using it instead of the tent. No, that would be too easy and a waste of money. The sales boy had told her to keep the food locked away from where she slept, so it didn't attract animals—an idea she didn't want to think about and the little cabin seemed the best place to store it all. It would be easier than digging around in the car every time she wanted something. She could even use it with the little table and chair if weather turned stormy again.

Nodding at her first definite idea of the day, Rayne went to pull out the small stack of instruction sheets. How hard can it be to set up one tent? Can't be that difficult, right?