Chapter 13: Meanwhile Back At the House

When we entered the house we were met by Chris, her girls and George all looking like they had just moved the world. George asked, "Art, we have all the stuff on the truck. Where do you think we should unload it?"

"What do you mean? You've had it on the truck for three days?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. We only loaded it up this morning."

"What did you do for three days?"

"Now you have me confused. You saw us leave this morning didn't you?"

"That was three days ago."

"Are you feeling all right, boss?"

Grace grabbed my arm and she led me and Kim upstairs to our bedroom.

"Art, it looks like our journey took us three days but only part of a day elapsed here."

"That sounds like some cheap science fiction you'd see on the Twilight Zone TV show."

"I know it sounds crazy but it adds up. Maybe we were all dreaming about our trip."

"The three of us had the same dream?"

Just then Kim slipped her camera out of her pocket. "Guys, look at this."

I took the camera, turned it on and pressed the review button. I was shocked to see pictures of us on our trip to Camelot. There must have been over two-hundred pictures in that camera. I showed the camera to Grace and asked, "Does this look like a dream?"

I then lifted my shirt and pointed to the scar. "Does this?"

We all had to sit on the bed to try to come up with a rational explanation of what happened. There was no way to explain it to sound reasonable.

I thought about it for a while and said, "We are going to have to not mention anything about our experience to anybody. If we say anything they'll think we have all gone insane and have us committed. I'll save the pictures on my computer and if anybody asks, I'll just tell them that they are of a re-enactment we went to a while ago."

We went back down to the kitchen where I told George we could unload the truck in the garage. We all met him there and proceeded to unload the truck. We separated their things so the clothes and such could be carried up to their rooms. It took a few trips but it all was sorted out and put away.

After dinner I went into the den with Grace and Kim and we reviewed the pictures. I had to sort them out. The pictures of just us and the cave I saved into a separate file. Those we could show to anyone who wanted to see them. I would have to conjure up a story of how we explored a cave that used to be some sort of silver mine. The wall had been erected to keep scavengers out. That sounded pretty reasonable and should satisfy any questions.

I reviewed the other pictures and found five shots from different angles of Grace and me sitting on our thrones. That showed another lesson I had shown Kim. I picked the best angle and printed it out. That would look nice framed and hanging on our bedroom wall. Unfortunately, since Kim was the one taking pictures, there was not a single shot of her in her cute page's clothes. I guessed that I had failed to show her how to use the self-timer on the camera. I decided to show her that little goodie soon. I might as well show her the remote shutter release too.