Jan. 13, 2023

This is the last time I’m writing until we reach some place that isn’t in this never ending forest. I mean, we have been through the mountains and hills, and then down a river and still can’t escape. It is almost ridiculous at this point. And I thought I was lost the first week or so of college. That was nothing. I can’t believe we have lasted this long out here. I think Q agrees. He said he thought we should be dead by now. Especially after that last encounter. So journal, this is it for now. Hopefully we get to talk soon. If not ????????

Jan. 10, 2023

Holy shit. We almost died twice! Or by two different creatures. Zombs and a motherfucking bear. BEAR. I mean I’ve hardly seen much wild life period and the first thing we see is a bear. And a hungry one. We woke up to the sound of it about to climb the tree we were in. I don’t know if we were in its tree or it just smelled us. Q almost fell right out of the tree when he saw it. James was about to shoot it, but I told him not unless he has to. I didn’t want the noise to bring any unwanted attention. We did the old throw branches at it trick, but that works better on zombs. Pissed the bear off. Luckily we were close to another tree so we waited for it to start climbing then we jumped, and climbed down the other tree. The bear didn’t forget about us. It climbed back down, and started right after us. We ran as fast as we could, and ran right into a pack of zombs. I think they were just as surprised to see us as we were to see them. Too bad they didn’t know the real surprise was what was behind us. I told the boys to freeze for a second. I think the zombs were eating someone, but I’m not sure. They are usually quicker to attack, but again maybe they were surprised. Distracted by something. I know its crazy but I told the boys when I say go we run past the zombs. I turned and waited for the bear. Felt like forever. Actually thought for a sec it stopped. If that was the case, we would have been in trouble. Then GO! Just shoved our way around the zombs, and kept going. No zombs or bear followed. Wonder who won that fight. Maybe there is a zombie bear out there now. 

Jan. 6, 2023

Back to tree climbing. Lots more noise in these woods. Not sure what it is. We haven’t seen much. Time to move

Jan. 4, 2023

As we prepare to get out of here before any more zombs hit the water, I have kept a close eye on the boys. Watching for any signs that they are changing. Nothing so far. I wonder how long it is before I can forget about this crazy idea. Q doesn’t shut up about why the zombs are in the water. I think he wants to go fishing for some of them. Headed in the opposite direction from where those people came from. Seriously don’t want to know what they are up too.

Jan. 3, 2023

Was thinking about it some more. No wonder that water tasted funny. How many zombs are in that lake? I know we didn’t purposely drink any of it, but might have swallowed some in the struggle to get here. Are we only days away from being zombs now? Are we contaminated? Infected? Whatever you call it! I haven’t said anything to the boys yet. Don’t want to scare them if nothing is going to happen. On the other hand, is this it? 

Jan. 2, 2023

Was having a good sleep until James woke me up. Saw activity by the lake. At first we thought it was some zombs, but then realized that it was people and zombs. Couldn’t figure out what they were doing until they got on some kind of raft with the zombs. Crazy. They went out towards the middle of the lake, and apparently dropped the zombs into the water. Why? They returned and walked back into the woods. The strangeness never stops. Q kept throwing out ideas, but I don’t want to know what that was about. I do know that means there are people too close to us so we need to move soon. I don’t want to be thrown in the lake.

Jan 1, 2023

I don’t care if it’s really 2023 or not. Time is just not important anymore. Expect maybe how long we have to live?

Dec. 30, 2022

I must have forgot about my last river experience. It didn’t go well, and neither did this time. Q almost drown. It would have been nice if he would have spoken up about not being a great swimmer. Freaking water was cold. Refreshing but cold. And taste funny. It came out into a lake. This must have been a nice place to fish in the summer. Not that I see many fish. Boy would it be nice to fry one up about now. Found some small cabins along the lake. A place to rest up and dry off.