We are walking a gravel path that curves to our left past a line of trees on the right to follow the shore of a lake. The opposite shore is wooded. Both sides of the path slope steeply downward several feet and are covered with grass and scrubby plants and wildflowers. To our right, the slope leads down to the lake. To our left, a strip of grass and then the edge of a forest. A wooden bench sits beside the path facing the lake. The sky is a deep blue. Clouds near the horizon are tinted gold and orange from the sunset, the ones above us are tinted pink.