Bob and Jan Dove are also with us I dont know what I would do without Jan She is level headed where I am impulsive a thinker where I tend to just act A good balance Bob has an idea of rebuilding his peoples lands Hes Native American and so is Jan It sounded crazy when he first said it but after I thought about it it began to make sense to meLydia is the other member of our party She hates me Thats because Tom wants me and she wants Tom Maybe that will fix itself before I have to fix it by leaving and going on my ownToday we decided to see if the city was any better on the other side of the river It isnt We crossed the river the Black river on a railroad trestle There is a traffic bridge and it looks passable but its clogged with cars and some of those cars look purposely placed to block it off That creeped me outWe walked across the trestle carefully and went up State street Theres a store there a supermarket and we found tracks in the snow One person A man I would guess from the boot treadI cannot tell you what that was like Seeing a footprint left by someone else Someone else alive in this whole mess I felt connected to him I cant say it or explain it any better than that Like a connection existed forever and I only had to find it I tried to explain it to Lydia but she just shrugged We have this thing with Tom between us though She wants him he wants me I dont want him It could be so goddamn simple but it isntExcept the footprints Maybe the footprints are the answer I think they are I believe they are We just need to find the person the man that goes with those footprints and And I dont know I really dont But I think hell knowThe only bad thing today we came across a dead man laying crumpled by the side of the road I could have sworn he moved so I hurried to him But as I got closer I could see that he was dead Long dead We stood for a moment and then walked on Later when we came back he was gone and I thought was he dead Was he But I know that he was I suppose that wild dogs or something got him We didnt talk about it but it bothered all of us