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Forty-five-year-old Walter Baker, recently divorced and downsized out of his airline-pilot job, has elected to enter the wilderness, physically and metaphorically, to review and reinvent his life. The wilderness he finds is far less idyllic than he had hoped. Even before he can move into an isolated cabin near Klamath Falls, Oregon, he meets an attractive widow with a troubled past and a mental-health counselor disguised as a fishing guide, both of whom immediately insinuate themselves into his life.

Oregon Trail Honeymoon is about Ida, the daughter of Chastity Skylark, who develops a hankering for the Oregon Trail. She's been living as a mountain woman for years and now it's time to test her wings. She orders up a mail order groom, as well as supplies for the four month trek and they start off on the trail, as she and her new husband Flint consider the four month trek an extended honeymoon. There are many obstacles along the way; not the least of which is simple survival.

This book is focused on prevention of child sexual abuse. It elaborates on the possibility of preventing abuse by avoiding a potentially abusive setup. The book discusses the numerous challenges faced in trying to work effectively with the various "systems". However, it also demonstrates that even an ordinary citizen can do something effective to prevent child sexual abuse.

This is a unique story focusing on long term impact of bullying on the human psyche. The book also demonstrates how to overcome the impact of bullying and obsessive compulsive disorder.