Clint
TVWBB Olympian
had a bit of an adventure last night - my cousin came over to help me pick up a large package, the place was closed, so we decided to go for a hike in the full moon. It was pretty good! Nice view, quite a bit of light so the trail was visible without flashlights.
When we were about halfway down, my cousin said "don't move, it's a skunk!" It looked like a lost yap-dog to me, I held still and I think the thing was about to blow past, but the hill was so steep it was closer to my face than I liked as it was charging. I tried holding still, Roxy went up to it like it was another dog "no!" I said, "back!", but she wouldn't listen. The skunk seemed to be squaring up to me & I bolted uphill, a few seconds later the skunk bolted. Phew! We got away!
I was wrong. We kept smelling wafts of skunk, and when Roxy ran up it was like a brick wall. She wasn't happy......rubbing her face in the dirt, she slid down the steep dirt hill like a penguin a few times.
We made sure I wasn't hit too, and when we got back to the trailhead my truck was locked in!
I didn't feel like bothering anybody, the gate was scheduled to open @ 7am (closed @ 10, we got back @ 10:22). So I slept in the back seat of the truck with the wind whipping all night. I had a rain coat and a thin small blanket.
I'm beat today! My cousin decided to hitch hike home, he got home @ 3:15
I could've picked the small master padlock in about 30 seconds with my lockpick set (conveniently at home) but not sure I'd like to get caught doing that.
When we were about halfway down, my cousin said "don't move, it's a skunk!" It looked like a lost yap-dog to me, I held still and I think the thing was about to blow past, but the hill was so steep it was closer to my face than I liked as it was charging. I tried holding still, Roxy went up to it like it was another dog "no!" I said, "back!", but she wouldn't listen. The skunk seemed to be squaring up to me & I bolted uphill, a few seconds later the skunk bolted. Phew! We got away!
I was wrong. We kept smelling wafts of skunk, and when Roxy ran up it was like a brick wall. She wasn't happy......rubbing her face in the dirt, she slid down the steep dirt hill like a penguin a few times.
We made sure I wasn't hit too, and when we got back to the trailhead my truck was locked in!
I didn't feel like bothering anybody, the gate was scheduled to open @ 7am (closed @ 10, we got back @ 10:22). So I slept in the back seat of the truck with the wind whipping all night. I had a rain coat and a thin small blanket.
I'm beat today! My cousin decided to hitch hike home, he got home @ 3:15
I could've picked the small master padlock in about 30 seconds with my lockpick set (conveniently at home) but not sure I'd like to get caught doing that.
