Kai grabbed one of the four-wheelers and took Max for a ride out on the trails. The lodge offered access to a network of trails through the backcountry surrounding Rocky Peak. Most were cross-country trails, but a few offered some decent downhill runs in the winter. For the hardcore skiing, guests drove a few miles to Majestic Lodge, which had ski lifts going up Majestic Mountain and a famous black diamond trail.
Like everything else here at the lodge, the trails were no longer up to their former level of maintenance. Kai had to keep steering around overhanging branches so his father didn’t get sideswiped. He’d have to come out here with a machete and a chainsaw and do some clearing.
It would release some tension too. The encounter with Nicole had left him all riled up and restless. He h
