And how exactly would you do that?

The Senator's underhanded dealings now out in the open, the council returns to the business of the Paradise Lake area. Seeing as how Mark is an out-of-towner and will probably never come back to Paradise Lake, of course he's the best guy to ask what to do. Gentlemen, you just gave him the opening he needed to talk about the wilderness and how important it is. I hope everyone brought snacks. This could take a while. As Mark begins to talk about how nature and canoeing and good penmanship are just a few of the keys to good citizenship, a bird continues to work on its calisthenics program. (Do I sense an Avian-related adventure in the future? I hope so. I really miss those guys.)

Well, it looks like Mark might have just solved the problem, for the time being at least. I am, however, a little confused. A canoe trail, huh? How would one go about marking such a trail? I mean, a lake is not a forest. You can't just clear a trail and stick some posts along it. Oh well. I am sort of disappointed that there wasn't more punching, but hey, an ending is an ending (and I really hope that this is an ending. I don't know if I really want to sit through another council meeting.). At least they're going to get Ben involved seeing as how he would be directly affected by any restrictions of planes into and out of the Paradise Lake Area. (Tim, you might as well let Buzz work on this too. He'll probably want to see Jan again and if you don't get him to help now, he'll just start showing up on his own.)

Before we can really say goodbye to this adventure, who should appear but Senator Hatcher. Apparently, word of this canoe trail has spread and everyone is pretty excited about it (even though no one knows just how this thing is going to work). Even Buzz makes one last appearance as Mark says his goodbyes, letting the intrepid woodsman know that he'll pass on his best wishes to the Harris' when he sees them this weekend. (See? You just can't keep that ranger away.) Looks like everything is pretty much wrapped up now. I mean, sure, the Parkers are still at large and probably poaching things, and the noise problem on Paradise Lake hasn't really been solved, but at least there's been progress and revelations and a possible budding romance, so that's something, right? Ah well, on to the next adventure. (I wonder what it will be about.)