Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Camping

When Rayne finally made it over to the park, it was already midafternoon. Thankfully the sun was shining, drying up the puddles from the previous day's rain.

Rayne walked over to the service desk and was greeted by the park ranger.

"Hello! Welcome to Three Falls Park! How may I help you today?", asked the park ranger. She was a middle aged woman with short brown hair. Her most notable feature was her great height!

Rayne looked up at the woman thinking that she was at least 6ft tall!

"Hello! I have a reservation for a campground. Here is my ID", said Rayne while placing her ID on the counter.

"Oh perfect, let's get you checked in!", replied the park ranger.

"Lets see, we have you reserved for lot 48. It's in a great spot, very close to one of the larger waterfalls in our park!", she said, smiling at Rayne.

The park ranger handed over the receipt and the parking pass, along with a coupon to the small campground store.

Lastly, she handed Rayne a small booklet, "Here is a booklet with our parks rules and regulations, as well as a fold out map of the park. Please enjoy your stay!".

Rayne walked back to her car, opening the booklet to take a look at the park map. Her lot was on the east side of the park, on the outskirts of the designated camping area.

She decided to stop by the small campground store on the way to her campsite. The store was indeed small, selling a mix of food items and small camping equipment like flashlights and batteries.

Rayne walked through the store filling her cart with random snacks and items she didn't have in her system. She grabbed a can of all her favorite sodas, ice cream bars, instant soup packets and of course items for smores!

The mean looking lady at the register glanced at Rayne with a judgmental look when she saw how many items Rayne picked out. Without saying a greeting she began to scan the items, making the atmosphere a little stiff.

Rayne got back to her rental car, holding a few bags of items she had just purchased. Sitting down in the driver's seat, she pulled out the map once more and memorized the route to her campsite.

She drove through the scenic forest admiring the beauty of the tall trees and small wildlife. A few fluffy rabbits scattered as they heard the car approach. Rayne was so excited to see the small, cute creatures and hoped to see more around her campsite!

Before long she spotted a wooden pole with a sign on it that said "Campsite 48". Raye drove her car directly on to the campground and got out of the car.

The campsite was larger than what she had expected! It was surrounded by very tall trees and small plants.

She noticed a large stream flowing with crystal clear water just a few steps down from her campsite.

After walking around her campsite she began to unpack and set up her tent. She looked around her system to see the different kinds of tent options she had stored. After clicking on the "Tents" folder she was shocked at how many different options she had!

There were micro 1 person tents all the way to blow-up castle options!

"Hmm, I should have looked through these before I got here", mumbled Rayne. Since Rayne stored the items with their packaging on, she could only go off of the small picture that was on each tent box.

She scrolled some more before giving up. "I have no idea which one to choose! I guess I'll just choose whatever the 12th tent is in the list!".

Rayne scrolled down the list from the top, and counted until the 12th icon. Without even glancing at what kind of tent it was, she clicked the icon and began to set it up.

Twenty minutes later Rayne began to regret her decision. The tent in front of her looked more like a house! It was an enormous, three room, inflatable glamping tent! The only benefit was that it was an inflatable type tent, making the set up very easy after the initial stage of spreading it out.

She walked inside when it finished inflating and was stunned! She could easily stand inside this tent! She even reckoned that the tall park ranger who checked her in, could stand comfortably inside of this tent!

"Mom! Mom! Look at that tent!!! It's like a house!", a young boy shouted excitedly. _{freewebnøvel.com}