I finally had a day off and re-read the last seven or eight chapters.  I still enjoyed the story.  Seems to me I wrote quite a bit of the next chapter but felt it was wandering off too much.  I set it aside for a Halloween story that year and eventually lost interest.  In the mean time I had computer trouble and lost the last effort.  It maybe on the cloud but right now I don't have the wp program to access them.

I thought about trying to just take off on it again from scratch.  There were several storylines that wove together: the prank on Lon and Joe, Cole's new girlfriend and I think Luke's wife was going to show up sometime.  Even after the fresh look, I cant remember just how it was going to all play out.  Cole and Sarah were going to end up together and Lon and Joe were going to swell up a lot bigger ...maybe hulk out a couple sleeping bags along the way.  But I've lost the ultimate outcome...or whether they or Cole came out as top dogs in their pissing match.

Maybe someday I will find the last chapter and be able to make sense of it.