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~ A Short Country Story ~
When I Wandered Off From What I Was Doing...
OK, I'll tale a short one...
One day, I walked out farther, than what I usually do.
I saw some interesting trees and rocks, and looked all
the way over the hill. There were mostly various sized
deer tracks, and I looked close as I kept walking. I found
a bleached out small animal bone, and walked thru a clearing
I never saw before. Then spotted a large cat track, in a little
wet bare spot of a mud puddle. There was barely one small
part of a claw print, and that's one way to tell it's a cat, I
know. That's the first time, I've seen a large cat track,
no bobcat, but definitely probly a cougar...
When I made it up over the ridge, there were more neat
trees to look at, so I snapped a few pictures. But while I
was doing that, I noticed a flock of wild turkeys, and then
stepped up, to try and capture their images. You know
what they did, when they saw me trying to shoot them.
I hurried, zoomed in and clicked, a couple of times. They
can be made out in the shadows, RH middle of the pic, and
they are kinda' crouching lookin' and runnin', in the high
dried grass, and I don't really know why.
But they are there, though if I'd known they were there, and
had been quieter, I may have gotten a better shot... Well, I had
walked a good way, twistin' and windin', over hill and dale, creek
and canyon, thickets and valleys, till I realized that I didn't pay
very close attention to which all creeks, ravines, thickets, valleys
and clearings that I had walked through, to get where I was at...
Just then, an owl sounded off, hooting into the still cool winter
air, piercing the silence, then echoing down thru the canyons...
Right away tho, standing there thinking and looking around,
I knew that I may be lost, and thought I could figure it out
sure enough, but may wind up having to backtrack all the
way over to the big creek. Way out of the area, where I
had left my water, food, and other supplies...
I was getting kinda' thirsty, and knew I only had so
much daylight left. It was probly after 3:30 I thought,
but I had left my watch and everything else, in my 'ol
backpack, with all of my gear, and snacks unattended...
So I walked on back around, and it didn't look familiar.
Then cut back south, down one creek through a clearing,
and over another tree and rock covered hill, past a thick
brier strewn thicket. Then, there was the beginning of
another small creek. I looked over there, and was
instantly a little surprised, as I spotted an unusual...


When I Wandered Off From What I Was Doing...
OK, I'll tale a short one...
One day, I walked out farther, than what I usually do.
I saw some interesting trees and rocks, and looked all
the way over the hill. There were mostly various sized
deer tracks, and I looked close as I kept walking. I found
a bleached out small animal bone, and walked thru a clearing
I never saw before. Then spotted a large cat track, in a little
wet bare spot of a mud puddle. There was barely one small
part of a claw print, and that's one way to tell it's a cat, I
know. That's the first time, I've seen a large cat track,
no bobcat, but definitely probly a cougar...
When I made it up over the ridge, there were more neat
trees to look at, so I snapped a few pictures. But while I
was doing that, I noticed a flock of wild turkeys, and then
stepped up, to try and capture their images. You know
what they did, when they saw me trying to shoot them.

I hurried, zoomed in and clicked, a couple of times. They
can be made out in the shadows, RH middle of the pic, and
they are kinda' crouching lookin' and runnin', in the high
dried grass, and I don't really know why.

But they are there, though if I'd known they were there, and
had been quieter, I may have gotten a better shot... Well, I had
walked a good way, twistin' and windin', over hill and dale, creek
and canyon, thickets and valleys, till I realized that I didn't pay
very close attention to which all creeks, ravines, thickets, valleys
and clearings that I had walked through, to get where I was at...
Just then, an owl sounded off, hooting into the still cool winter
air, piercing the silence, then echoing down thru the canyons...
Right away tho, standing there thinking and looking around,
I knew that I may be lost, and thought I could figure it out
sure enough, but may wind up having to backtrack all the
way over to the big creek. Way out of the area, where I
had left my water, food, and other supplies...
I was getting kinda' thirsty, and knew I only had so
much daylight left. It was probly after 3:30 I thought,
but I had left my watch and everything else, in my 'ol
backpack, with all of my gear, and snacks unattended...
So I walked on back around, and it didn't look familiar.
Then cut back south, down one creek through a clearing,
and over another tree and rock covered hill, past a thick
brier strewn thicket. Then, there was the beginning of
another small creek. I looked over there, and was
instantly a little surprised, as I spotted an unusual...



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