The weekend was rapidly drawing close and we had made the decision to go camping for the weekend. Usually we make reservations early in the week to secure a good spot. The importance of the early reservation is to get the great spot with a little character,but basically SHADE.. So you think LOCATION..
To save time, the night before we leave I usually hook-up the trailer and make the preparations including loading supplies and all the time consuming things that are necessary before leaving. I then bring my work truck home and after finishing work on Friday, we swiftly depart. Man after this extremely hot summer, we are so ready to get out of town.
We have through a series of trial and error determined our favorite places to camp. We are nature lovers and enjoy the serene stillness of the lake. Even more we enjoy the wildlife, to be exact....we love the wild deer. You approach the entrance to the park and the attendants have feed out for the deer and they are grazing without fear as huge rigs roll by the gates.
We park, unhook our Airstream...put out our easy chairs..roll out our outside carpet over the crushed granite and just kicked back. The thought of an adult beverage crosses my mind, only to discover the only thing I forgot to pack was our new favorite beverage..DAILY'S. Just when you think you've tried everything..some new product comes out and you decide it is the end all. Well. dammit, I'll just stick to Dr. Pepper and water I guess.
As dusk starts to fall, the deer start to emerge from the wooded area looking for food. You can literally just shake the deer corn and they must have such good hearing that they come running. I mean they are so many of them, small fawns, even a few bucks with small racks. It's such a gratuitous experience to see them practically in your lap and we just knew if we had a couple of more days we would have them eating out of our hands. It's times like these that you wish you had your grand children there to enjoy it, however a couple of our kids would probably really freak the deer out totally...I'm not mentioning any names, but their parents will know who I am talking about.
Two or three times a day they come out of hiding and are frothing over the expectation of a good meal. We brought a 80 lb. bag of deer corn with us and left with none. We always take a ton of pictures with our tiny Fuji camera and our I-phone cameras. Being the Internet Dummies that we are, the I-phone is our choice, so we can brag on Facebook with a few photos.
The weekend went way to fast and Sunday morning we prepare to head home doing all our routines in reverse. We left feeling like we left the deer with their stomachs full but the enjoyment they gave us was ten fold.
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