another place another time

ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER TIME

The date is October 26 1848, the place, somewhere in the Amazon.  Kyle is an Ex-Army Ranger and Floyd is what some people would call a treasure hunter. They were searching for a lost tomb with more gold than the average person could fathom.  They started in Manaus, Brazil on the edge of the Amazon. They stated from the since it was only a couple hundred miles from their final destination. They headed out with 10 men and two mules they weren’t planning on removing the gold until they have the place secured, that’s why they were heavily armed was to protect their gold. The first day the only managed 25 miles because of how thick the jungle was in this region. They made camp in the ruins of a temple long forgotten by the people who built it. Kyle would take the first watch even though no one was following them (yet) they didn’t want to take any chances. The next morning everybody well rested and having had a good meal they headed back out.

            After about 15 miles they came to a river crossing, but the water was moving faster than normal. But Kyle insisted that it would be all good and there wasn’t anything to worry about. So they loaded everything onto a raft and started across. About half way across they noticed the raft was straining under the weight of the gear and men. They tried to hurry up and to get rid of weight they jumped off and held on to the raft. And right has the front of the raft hit the shore it split in two. The men trudged out of the cold river soaked from head to toe, at that time Floyd who stayed on the raft to steer said “that was exciting”, and at that time everyone just looked at him. They started to move again and after another 60 miles they stopped for the night.

            When they woke up the next morning they saw that both of their mules were dead. This was a disaster because they didn’t want to have to carry all of the gear the last 20 miles but the had no choice. They headed out for the last time. After about 12 hours they came to where they thought the tomb was. But there was a problem, there was nothing around. Everyone started o yell at each other, everyone was exhausted and there was nothing for them. Kyle turned to everyone and yelled