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sat down hard on the ground; Marty came over and sat down beside her. Junior lie quietly on a sleeping bag near the fire, exhausted from a long day’s adventuring.
    “Why don’t I make some tea for later? My special recipe.” Mark stood up and held out his hand, “could I have a few shrooms for the brew.”
    Ellen grabbed the bag and said, “Hold out your hands.” pouring from the bag she gave him at least ten.
    “Whoa, we want to be able to leave…in a few days at least.” Everyone laughed hard; Marty lit another joint and rolled over to kiss Ellen. “We will be right back.” Marty waved half-heartedly as their buddies staggered over to their campsite, glad to have a few minutes alone. Even though there was a constant flow of foot traffic, it felt like a bit of seclusion to them. His hands roamed a bit over her body, but they couldn’t stop giggling long enough to accomplish anything naughty. He knew she was ready to get wild, maybe even out in the open, but not right now.
    Mark pulled the sauce pan off the camp stove to let it steep. The tea bags and the chopped mushrooms were almost ready to mix. Sarah put some sugar and cinnamon in the pitcher; she then added two hits of LSD25 and poured the water in through a strainer. “That ought to be a nice surprise.” she grinned inanely like a mad scientist.
    “That might be dangerous…or not,” said Mark. The effects of the mushrooms caused them to laugh uncontrollably. The mind bending cocktail was ready, their little surprise for their new friends. They looked at each other sheepishly as they walked back to the Baumann’s camper, looking forward to the psychedelic night ahead.
    “Hello in the camp!” Mark called out as they neared the campfire. “Have you got some ice?”
    Marty slowly got up, still laughing, “We sure do, I’ve got a freezer full.” Ellen was quick to brag about their brand new camper, stocked with all the newest frills.
    “He’s got a big ass generator underneath this thing somewhere. You want to come inside?” Everyone paused for a brief second then they all laughed out loud again, at nothing.
    “It’s too confining, besides nobody here is going to fall asleep for a while.” Mark made his proclamation and plopped down on the ground next to Ellen. Marty returned with four glasses full of ice and joined them on the ground. The cocktail was poured and everyone had a long drink, except Marty. He pretended to drink heavily, but only had a small sip. His fatherly nature spoke to him and he decided not to get any more out of control. He felt he had already gone too far as it was. “I think I should put Junior to bed.” Marty said as he got up. Junior had been resting by the fire when Marty scooped him up and took him in to his bed. He was still asleep when Marty backed away and returned to his friends. It only took half an hour for the cocktail to fully render its effects. Off in the distance was a thunderstorm, and in their present state it was the focus of their attention. Marty was feeling it as well, but he was glad he had poured the rest of his glass out when no one was looking.
    A light rain had started to fall on them and they didn’t care. Marty decided that he was going to take a walk and try to clear his mind. Before he left he looked in on Junior to insure he was still sleeping. All was well; he set out on his trek just after one AM.
    Junior heard the camper door close and got up from his slumber. Still half asleep he walked outside to see what was going on. He was very thirsty and started to ask mom for some water when he spied a glass of tea sitting next to her on the table. He helped himself to a few large gulps and set the glass back down. Ellen turned and saw him standing there, but she couldn’t quit grinning and she couldn’t make sense of anything going on around her. She just patted him on the head and sent him back toward the huge silver Airstream; not checking whether he went inside or not. Junior had already