"Good idea!" Valerie said, noting that she herself was rather hungry. She pulled out the map from her knapsack and gave it a good look over.

"Well, if we want to get a bite to eat somewhere nearby, I guess we could try the soup kitchen, but I think we ought to give 'The Cheap Prayer' a shot. It's pretty dark there so it isn't like we have to worry about people watching us, and the food is supposed to be pretty good. As long as we don't get anything from the bar, I'm pretty sure they'll let us in!"

Valerie didn't add that she also was seriously considering finding some kind of lake or something and taking a swim later, but hoped that it might come up from the other two. That was she wouldn't seem as pushy about it.