The logging town must be further north than the "two days' ride" she'd been told to expect. She's not worried about another day of travel, though, especially with scenery like this. The little guy doesn't seem to mind either.
My final project for Mo Kim's Design with Color and Light class at Brainstorm. The environment is based on a photo I took on a hike near Ridgefield, CT, and the walker design was done in Mikal Kus' CGMA Hardware Design course.