"I think it will be necessary that any settlement we set up is at least close to a forest", Althea says. "Wood is probably the second most important resource for a settlement, so we should be close to a lot of it. Number one is, of course, fresh water. A stream would be preferably to a lake, but both would probably work. Also, being at the lake or stream allows us to fish, and we could set traps in a forest. From what I've gathered from what Caitlyn has told us, it seems the stream heads north to the lake, with the forest a bit further east. I'd propose we follow the stream to the lake, and then head east along the lake's shore until we reach the forest. Hopefully, we will be able to find a good spot somewhere there, though the very best thing would be if the stream actually ran close to the forest. There might, of course, be better spots further away, but we only have three days - two and a half now - before Rose expects us back, so we can't really go all that far."<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Map: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/CPn5yjy.png">http://i.imgur.com/CPn5yjy.png</a><!-- m --><br/>The black triangle is Rose's beach camp, the black dot are we, the blue triangle is the spot Althea is talking about, and the X marks whatever the bird feared, though that may also be further north, depending on the size of the lake.</div></div></div>