A Strange New Desert

@Salvadore: one of the men gives the other a sharp glance. Good day to ye m'lord. We don' actually have it yet. But if you'd be so kind as ta give us ye name then we'll happily sell it to ye. What would ya like ta know?

Ah, we'll let ye know once we hunt it. It shouldn't take us too long. The beasts sometimes roam down from Snowtop, the solitary mountain to the East. They're rare though.

The conversation ends there and you all retire for the evening. You sleep well. The rooms are not well furnished but they are clean and free from bed bugs and rsts which plague the city's inns.

You wake up and head down for breakfast, remembering the conversation you over heard last night.

Do you wish to continue towards Snowden or hunt some winter wolves?

Everyone wakes at dawn as Aaraz attempts to sneak out of the common room are foiled as he accident kicks several of you. A few curses later and you're all up and about.You saddle your mounts and head off. The weather is unseasonably hot. This late in the year the rains usually come but the sky is a beautiful sky blue and there's not a cloud in the sky. You travel for several more hours before the vegetation starts to look a little unhealthy. The edges of the leaves look a little dry and by the time it gets to late afternoon you spot your first skeleton trees. This must be the edge of the desert you summize as the road has been following pasure for the past few hours and while the fencing still remains, the grass has mostly died away to be replaced by hot dry earth. As it is getting late in the afternoon you could either push on towards Snowden and probably make it shortly after dark or you could make camp for the evening.

What do you do?