After a night of rest, it was time to get moving again. My arm and hand were still mangled, so Abe and Jared did the heavy lifting to pack up camp.

While they worked, I studied the rough map I’d drawn as our guide to Myrel. It wasn’t perfect, but it would get us there.

I wandered out of the cave and looked at the river. Then I looked at the map. I turned in a complete circle and then lined the map up with the river so they were parallel. From there, it was easy ...