My Horny Housewife Harem
Part 10 of 16
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Carlos was a shy, fearful virgin when he enrolled in college. Then he met an older woman who made him a man. She also gave him some good advice: instead of looking for romance with clueless girls his age, seek out married women in sexless marriages. His horny housewife harem taught him the ways of erotic love.
All 16 chapters of this tale have been written and will be posted just as quickly as the good folks at Literotica can review them. Here in Part 10, Carlos learns the art of erotic photography.
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When I woke up the next morning, I was alone in our tent. Before I opened my eyes I was aware of the raucous sound of a loud chorus of birds that seemed to surround me. I'd love to have an alarm clock that sounded like those birds.
It felt as though I'd had the best sleep I could remember.
That made sense. Rita and I had a great workout on our hike yesterday. All that fresh air and sunshine made me feel alive. We'd had great sex - twice - and nothing is a better sleeping aid than a big, strong orgasm.
I realized that there's something special about sex in a tent. That's what I was thinking when I discovered I had a particularly hard morning boner. You might imagine that the fabulous sex I'd had yesterday would curb my appetite for more. In my experience, the opposite is true.
Hot sex makes me feel like a new man,
I thought to myself.
And the first thing that new man wants is more hot sex!
When I unzipped the tent flap and stepped outside, I saw Rita standing next to her camp stove. The sound of sizzling meat greeted my ears, and the aroma reminded me that I was hungry.
"Here. Coffee," Rita said, handing me a travel mug. It tasted better than anything you can buy in one of those fancy overpriced coffee shops. I realized that my short time camping in nature had sharpened my senses. I looked around at the trees and realized the world looked beautiful in a way I'd never noticed before.
So did Rita. She looked lovely as she grilled a big, thick steak in a massive iron skillet. I watched as she cracked a half-dozen eggs and put them next to the steak. Rita was dressed in another pair of shorts cut so low it exposed her belly button and several inches of smooth skin, including the pretty dimples on the lower back. It was cut so high it revealed the bottom edge of her sexy butt cheeks.
She wore another one of her snug halter tops. It made her big, bubbly breasts look fabulous without looking slutty. Her long, blond hair was pulled back in a ponytail. She looked at me and smiled so sweetly that it made me feel an overwhelming sense of happiness that we were together enjoying such a wonderful morning.
"How's the coffee?" she asked.
"Perfect. Thanks for making it," I replied. "And thanks for making this breakfast. It looks great and smells even better. I'm sorry I didn't wake up early enough to help."
"You were sleeping so peacefully I didn't want to wake you," Rita said. "It was kind of nice having a few minutes to myself. I spent the time thinking about how good it is to be camping again, especially with you. Besides, it gave me a chance to have a cigarette by myself. I know you hate cigarette smoke. Carlos, I'm making a real effort not to smoke in front of you. It's hard."
"Don't worry about it. I can handle a little smoke," I said. I realized that I wouldn't be able to stand it if she smoked inside the tent, but as long as we were outdoors it was tolerable.
"By the way. When I woke up I felt something the size of a telephone pole poking me in the ass. Do you always get that hard in the morning?"
"I always wake up with morning wood," I said. "But this morning was special. I had a tough time zipping up my pants."
"I guess the outdoors is good for you," Rita said.
"Yeah. I'm sure that's true," I said. "But I think it's mainly because I slept next to a very sexy, very naked woman. It gave me something nice to dream about."
As we talked, I realized that I enjoyed watching Rita as she went through the motions of preparing our breakfast. I fetched my camera and began taking photos.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Taking pictures of the most beautiful short-order chef west of the Mississippi," I said.
She laughed. "You have the nicest way of expressing yourself. It just never ends. Have I mentioned that you make me feel better about myself?"
"You may have said something like that once or twice," I replied.
"Feel free to keep doing it," she said.
Rita finished preparing our meal. She served the food on paper plates, and we ate with disposable knives and forks. "One thing I remember about camping is that the food tastes so much better," she said.
"I can confirm that," I said. Steak and eggs are a great breakfast under any circumstances, but it seemed like a feast when served on our little picnic table in the open air. It tasted so good that I had to force myself to eat it slowly and savor every bite.
"Would you like to know about today's agenda?" Rita asked.
"It's very convenient traveling with a tour guide," I said. "I assume we're going on another hike."
"Yes, but not right away," Rita said. "We can't hike anywhere with such a big breakfast in our belly. That would be uncomfortable. I thought we could spend some time at the visitors' center. Our meal will start to digest while we're there."
"What's at the visitors' center?" I asked. I visualized a place with maps, brochures, and a lot of ads for things like restaurants near the park.
"I want to see the exhibits," Rita said. "I haven't been here for a long time, so I expect there will be some new displays. They'll be about the geology of the area. Types of trees in the forest. Wildlife. That kind of stuff. I used to think it was pretty boring when I was a kid, but I'm sure I'll appreciate it more now.
"There's one thing you need to know about. After we finish up at the visitor's center, I'd like for us to take a hike through a section of the park known as The Cathedral. It's the biggest reason this park exists. You'll find out why when you see it. As we go through the visitors' center, watch out for information about The Cathedral. It will help you appreciate what you see on our hike later."
We cleaned up after breakfast, packed our gear, then drove to the visitors' center. Rita said it was in a much bigger building than the one she remembered, and that the exhibits were different. As she'd predicted, the displays talked about the park's natural features and its history.
It was all new information to me. I know nothing about geology. Wildlife. Forests. I'd never heard of this park before, so I knew nothing about its history.
The coolest thing we saw was a little 15-minute video that talked about how the park was created. The story started more than a century ago when timber companies cut down almost every large tree in the area. That was a bit of a shock to me. On yesterday's hike, I looked at the woods and imagined they'd been untouched for thousands of years. The truth was that we'd hiked through an area that once resembled the surface of the moon. It looks better now because in the 1930s an army of conservation workers replanted trees.
Although the woods looked nice, they still bore scars from the clearcutting era, and would never fully recover. Before Europeans arrived, the entire region was covered by a canopy forest. Almost all of the canopy was cut down, which allowed harsh sunlight to shine on the forest floor. The hot, drying effect of the sun killed the native plants and animals; most are now extinct. They were replaced with invasive species that could survive the harsh conditions.
But there was one area that was spared. Hundreds of acres of old-grown forest were never touched because they were located on such steep, rocky terrain that timber companies had a hard time building logging roads. As loggers methodically removed all the rest of the trees in the region, a few local people realized that if nothing was done, the lumber companies would eventually destroy it all.
That led to a frantic effort to preserve the area, which became a park just in time to protect the last large stand of old-growth forest left in the state. The historic old black-and-white pictures of the area showed that most of the place looked pretty ugly when the park came into existence, but more than a century of work had turned the place into a nice playground for families looking to pitch their tents, park their RVs, and enjoy something that reminded them of nature - even though it wasn't anything like it used to be.
Except in one place: The Cathedral. That was the area that was saved before timber companies could destroy it. Ironically, most park visitors never see The Cathedral. It is located on such harsh, steep terrain that few hikers have the skill and endurance to get there. I realized that yesterday's hike was Rita's way of preparing me for today's adventure in The Cathedral. That big breakfast was intended to provide the fuel needed to make the journey.
Clever girl, eh?
"So. Today we're going to The Cathedral, right?" I asked.
"That's correct," Rita said. "I've only been there once. I wasn't big and strong enough to hike that far the first few times my family camped here. I think I was about 14 when my Dad finally allowed me to go there with him. I have very nice memories of the place. I hope it's as beautiful as I remember."