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Weekly Contest #361
Summer was over, and so were we.My sunscreen and I had enjoyed a good run, but the bottle was all but empty, just a few clumpy drips clinging to the bottom of the teal plastic. I’d used most of it on an ill-advised last weekend. Just a quick jaunt around a mountain, Jake had assured me. We’d be back by lunchtime. No, of course we wouldn’t need bug spray.My ankles still itched. Did you know there are flies that bite your skin? I didn’t. I also didn’t know that sandals aren’t advisable for a trek through the woods, even strappy Birkenstocks pu...
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