At least that’s what he was thinking as the mile-long caravan of vehicles came into view and Peter muttered “Holy s**t” into his headset, prompting Bella to say, in a somewhat alarmed manner, “What is it? What do you see?”
But Peter didn’t respond until he’d swung around and had a better look, flying low over the column until it was obvious there were precious few military vehicles and that it couldn’t possibly be the armada described by Felix the Fixed-wing Wonder. Indeed, the people in the wagon train waved at them as they passed, appearing even to hoot and to holler, at which point the pilot laughed and said into his headset: “No worries, Bella. Looks like the cavalry has arrived, that’s all. I’m gonna push on for Missoula and have a quick look-see.”
And it was there that whatever cel
