If you go for a night hike in summer on the Summoner Trail, you might become confused

a half mile from the abandoned town of Delroy. You might see tiny glittering lights through

the forest, and think it's a town you're seeing. But it's actually the moonlight on the

surface of a lake named after a poet who died by suicide. In summer that happens.

I can eat more water. No, I just want to check the map. I'm not sure of something. Let

me see the flashlight. Wait, what is it? The shelter was up here. See that dots the

school that's about four miles to the east. I saw I'm wondering what that is through the

trees. I don't see anything. Little perks of light, see? Okay. Let's check it out.

Looks like a camp or something. Yeah, the Pokemon shelter is just one big building.

Now I want you cabins. So I don't know what this is. A couple of the doors are open. Look

at that. What time is it? Like four? Just about. So let's go. I'm tired. I want to camp.

We don't have to make it all the way to the shelter. Why is there so much light in the

four in the morning? They're probably high curves. What are we doing out this late? There's

no one in these. You can feel it. Can't you feel it? I just want to take a look in one. Come on.

I wouldn't mind asking someone where the shelter is. Hello? Kind of cruddy. When the

periodical cicada species come out every seven years, the keepers of the Summoner Trail

will post an advisory about how loud the insects become at night and how hikers and campers

who are especially susceptible to stress should be aware of the effect. That summer, they

were still two years from appearing. Hello? Excuse me? They all went for a night hike

or something. With their doors open and all their stuff here. They're laptops. What are

you looking at? This candle's about to burn the place down. How far is it to hike to any

place they could have left their cars? A couple miles. Look, they just left a bottle of

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