In the first chapter Van starts off by telling a story from when he was in college with three of his classmates. Terry and the three classmates decided to go on a “big” scientific expedition. They argued among one another on what they believed their scientific expedition would be like and the things they have heard about the land. When they began the expedition they saw the red and blue river and knew that the Ladyland had to be true. The first stop on their voyage was to fly across the “Ladyland” and see what it was all about, the size and what it looked like, but they didn’t get much information about it because they were too high and going too fast. Next they sailed to the land and were able to get more information about the land and the
