It's better to explain something of this scale in person than over the journals, I believe. [There aren't very many clearings she's near the village, so that small detail is enough to help narrow it down.]

I apologize in advance if it may take me some time to reach you. I'll bring something more suitable for you to wear as well. [Because she remembers being stuck out there in a New Feather dress during a blizzard, and it was Not Pleasant.]