Saturday, August 29, 2015

The late night visitor

Twas another stormy night in the Kawishiwi River Campground at number 17.  The wind was blowing ,the thunder was crashing loud, lightning lit up the sky through my tent .  I stayed dry through the night , though I did have a bit of a fright about 2:45 in the AM.
Half sleeping, I though I felt a " presence". I was NOT alone in my cacoon...something was moving stealth fully on my sleeping bag. Moving closer and closer to my face. What could it be ??
A Giant Spider I thought, or a snake,  a frog perhaps. All would be unsatisfactory sleeping companions.
We'll it got to above my knees abd I finally realized i wasn't dreaming and kicked the sleeping bag up an Jumped over to the other side of the tent, about 6" maybe.
I scrambled for my phone to make some light.
Well. I spotted it just as it crawled under my pants. A Mouse. Its little Cole like black shiny eyes looking over its shoulder at me as it scurried off. Just as scared as I was I suspect.
After some maneuvering I was able to convince him or her to vacate the premises. I found a hole in my screen just about the size of a little mouse too.
Mice, Spiders, rain, thunder, lightning, mosquitos... Camping is Fun.
 

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