Snippet #2441881

Nothing compared to the soothing sound of earth beneath Ollie's boots. After parking her bike next to a tree and covering it with the tarp, she'd set out through the forest, backpack in hand, stocked with a lunch of fruit and sandwiches, a blanket, several machine parts, a construction manual for a miniature robot figurine, and tools.

Swinging the bag lazily, Ollie shifted into a skip-step, not fully skipping, but not at all walking. She hummed a cheerful tune, running her fingers across the tree trunks. She was at ease within the depths of the forest, peacefulness radiated around her. Her feet carried her to the edge of a lake, where she sat down to spread out her blanket before unloading the rest of her pack. Ollie collapsed onto her back, picking up a sandwich and cracking open the construction manual. Ollie nibbled casually on the ham and cheese as she read, putting headphones in and setting her iPod to shuffle.