Narration Poll

Should the Narration be in Past Tense like I currently have it, or Present Tense? I personally like to write in past tense. It feels correct to me when writing a story like this. But I had a couple people argue that they think present tense is the way to go with adult VN's.
Both ways are considered proper. Neither is wrong. It's really all about personal taste. But I figured I'd take a poll before we get too far into writing a billion lines of narration.

"Maggie walked over the the cabins support beam and rested her hand on it."

"Maggie walks to the cabin support beam and rests her hand on it."