Jeri turned over, gave Janie a dead-eyed stare, then pulled her jacket up over her head to block out the light. Sinsull Who Does Not Snore kept right on snoring. Gutbucketeer, who DOES snore, sat up and grinned.

Kendall, Jacqui and Amos were already up. Mugs of coffee in their hands, engrossed in their own conversation, they completey ignored the scene around the ashes of the campfire.

Charlie Baum popped out from behind a tree and cheerfully sang a Yiddish folk song. Carly sat up and immediately joined in.

In the distance, the calliope started up with "Stars and Stripes Forever." Rapaire, looking quite swashbuckling in his 3 Musketeers Hat with a rapier at his side, jumped up on the picnic table and began playing the flourishes on his trumphet. The Brits threw paper cups at him, but his mission was accomplished. Everyone was up.