CHAPTER 5On the second day at East Ridge, Sofia woke up and found that the power had not been restored. However, a small lantern flickered on the other side of the room. Aza appeared with her hair wrapped in a towel and grinned at her.
"There's plenty of hot water so you can have a shower," she said. "The hot pipes from the wet-back behind the wood-range work well."
After a brief shower, Sofia walked into the kitchen to find only Renee and Aza there.
"The men have gone out to the big shed," Renee said. "There's an old generator there and Tyler thinks he can get it going. We're connected to it so hopefully we'll be able to recharge our iPads and watch TV tonight." She grinned. "One of our long term plans is to install solar panels and a bank of batteries. The new ones are quite efficient
