I'm out camping for a few days, somewhere in Oregon, not too far away. We settled in this campground earlier in the day, which is a number of grassy terraces, each with a driveway and a flat spot for a tent. I'm at the tent site of some member of my family, but it's time to set up my own tent. I had unloaded my gear at a different campsite a few terraces up, but now it is night, and it seems like all the spots have filled in. My small blue tent is set up, with some rolls of my gear piled around it, but I wanted to set up my bigger tent, and now someone has taken over the site.

I go down through the campspots, looking for a place. But I can't just muscle in on somebody's site, even if there is space.

I end up meeting a group of two girls and one younger brother, and get in their van with them to go to a store for supplies. The blonde girl is driving; a brunette is in the passenger seat, and I am with the brother in the back.

I ask them where they are from, and they make me guess, hinting that they are from a long rectangular state, shaped like a strip of tape. I guess Tennessee? Yep! They're out exploring the country.

My hand is stroking the bare leg of the brunette, who is really cute. She's a little hairy because she's camping, but I don't mind. She moves back into the seat beside me, with her back against the side of the van so that her legs are toward me. Definitely making herself accessible... this really seems to be going somewhere.