Chapter 60

When it came time for bed it was all hands wanting dick again tonight. I live to serve and I let them have all they wanted. It even seemed to me like I got a second wind about half way through. I ended up with Rose snuggled up to one side of me and Catla on the other. It was only logical since they'd both had an early ride and then they ended up being the last two too.

We'd hit the hay early and so we were all up before the crack of dawn. Rose recommended a communal shower for all of us at once and I was happy to wash every titty I saw.

They beat me dry and dressed and when I made it to the table I decided I needed to do it this way more often. I had coffee and bear sign to get me started, and after I had Kita and Chiqa fed and in their pallet snoozing my real breakfast showed up. Four fried eggs, hash browns, and nearly a pound of bacon for myself showed me I had been a good boy sometime lately.

George, Bill, and I split up after breakfast. George and Bill volunteered to take on the training of a few men to operate the skidder and distribute hay to the new custom made caves we were using for feeding our stock. I took Routata and Goondoe and two men they each selected to ferry oats and hay to our storage rooms near the ends of our new tunnel system.

I enjoyed this detail much more than I ever thought I could, especially since we were dealing with hay. I barely got time to show the men the proper way to load hay into my recently arrived stock trailer before they took over the job completely.

I drove us down to the far end first and after teaching both Routata and Goondoe how to operate the doors I set the helpers to unloading and showed the two former leaders the view out the door in the end. They were stupefied with the view and also with the snow. They marveled at the new ramp down too, but mostly they were amazed with the view.

Of course it was impressive now with the snow making everything more visible. There were several groups of animals roaming around for food, and the white background made them stand out remarkably. The snow covering everything also made the predators stand out more clearly.

By the time we were done looking at our new view the men had finished unloading so I called them up to take a look too. Soon enough they'd all done their version of oohing and awing and we closed up and headed back to the garage to reload for our next delivery.

We headed for the middle storage room and ramp down after we'd reloaded the trailer. When we made it there I let Routata do the honors opening up the doors and once again the men took care of unloading while we admired the view. After the unloading was done all the men took a look outside again.

Our next trip to the garage let us recharge for the storage on the far end. When we reached it Goondoe did the door opening honors and the helpers took over unloading down here. Routata and Goondoe were even more impressed with the view out this time and when the workers were done and with us they were excited too.

I hadn't considered every thing I was looking at the first time I'd come down here, but now I paid more attention I could see how much more of our situation it showed. There was only a short ramp down to the trail down from the plateau and looking over it we could see the forest on both sides of the river.

It was also easy to see the way off toward Routata's former camp and we could see most of the trail up to the plateau and also see the stark relief of the cliff face where the plateau dropped off to the river level. Of course Goondoe and his men realized their former camp was near that very cliff face, albeit several miles north of where we were now.

It wasn't really revealing anything they hadn't known before, but it was remarkable to see things laid out so clearly, especially with the snow hiding most of the details.

Of course my favorite part of the morning was the trip back to the garage and into the cave. Lunch was ready, my two cuties were in their double high chair and it was time for me to do my duty and fill them up. Then I filled myself up and it was even more of a treat.

After lunch was time for me to teach Routata and Goondoe and a few others how to drive the pickup. At first I worried it would suffer from rough handling, but that was dispelled as soon as I noticed how carefully they drove even from the start. They'd seen how much help it could be this morning and they were almost afraid of fucking things up.

It was almost comical the way they paid such close attention to where they were going. There were no close places which required slow maneuvering, but you couldn't tell it from their behavior. I guess it was completely novel for them, but we only moved around in low gear and we'd dropped the trailer. Still they paid careful attention and steadfastly refused to put it into low gear instead of the granny low they started out with. They both claimed it was fast enough for them, for now at least.

We spent the rest of the day just driving around in the large garage and going down the straight tunnels and back. They were more comfortable after an hour r two each of driving, but they would need at least another day of training and practice before I felt they could start teaching their subordinates to drive.

Supper was another wonderful meal and I began to understand how much different things had to be for all my people. There would be no wondering whether they had enough to eat, since we had more than enough stored for months already and could easily get by without men having to go out in the cold and snow to try bringing in game.