Today, we continued the search of houses nearby. When we walked into this big, white farmhouse, we found two undead in the living room. It was an older couple. She wasn't in bad shape, only one bite on her arm with her clothes covered in bits of meat and blood.. But the man looked like he had been mauled by a large dog. My bet, she turned first and he was her first meal. Most of the soft tissue on his face was gone and he was missing most of his throat so his head was flopping forward at an odd angle. They shuffled towards us, Mr. Floppy following behind Mrs. Snacker, teeth clicking together every few steps.
Two of the cousins, Rodrigo and Diego, took care of them with baseball bats, while the rest of us kept out of the way. It was messy but necessary and finished quickly. We split up and started searching the house in teams of two. We had learned it is safer to be in pairs than alone. Darren and I started with the living room. On the side table, I found a letter addressed to whoever finds this and put it in my pocket to read later. (I have placed it in my journal with this entry.)
We hit the mother load! We found a large stockpile of food, including canned goods and home preserved fruits and vegetables. There were two rifles and three pistols and a huge supply of ammo for all of them. The best find though was the wind and solar power systems and generators. None of the cousins who had come to this house knew anything about moving the systems, but Pedro had gone to school to be an electrician. He had studied all kinds of systems and would know how to move them as well as set them up at home. That's when we realized what that could mean. The freezers were working and that was a small miracle! We would have to transport all the contents and the appliances themselves, we had already moved the ones at the ranch out when the stuff in them rotted.
There was a brief discussion about moving to this ranch because the power was already set up, but the house was smaller than ours and would need too much work to get it to the conditions we live in now. It took us an hour to load up everything we were taking home today, then we pulled out and drove to the next house.
The rest of the day was ok. We found more food, weapons and even some medical supplies. After finishing our three locations, we returned to the ranch and unloaded what we had scavenged. Consuela came out and had her army of helpers put everything in the proper storage locations while I went to find Pedro.
Plans were made to return with Pedro and a couple of the other cousins who were apprenticing with him to move the systems and generators. Our group of cousins will be going with them to show them what we found and because we can help carry the parts back home. It will be nice to have a day off from searching houses even if we would be labor for Pedro and his boys.
Dinner was a feast! We had brought home several frozen chunks of meat and Consuela's crew had worked their magic. Everyone got a large portion and we had the tables set up in the yard. Lights were strung on the trees and the porch while the food was set up on tables. Food was eaten, spirits drunk, music played and everyone danced. The sentries were changed every hour so everyone could participate. What a night. We probably won't have such a full night for quite a while. I am looking forward to the sandwiches made from the left overs. Tomorrow is looking good.
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