Alayna and I were spraying along
Highway D when we came across a pair of very yappy dogs. We thought nothing of it until one of them
jumped through the wiring of its fence and charged at us. I raised my free hand at the dog and yelled,
“NO,” and it jumped back—silent. The two
of us stayed this way for a moment as each of us tried to get a read on the
other, then we simultaneously eased our stances and it trotted over to us. I’m not exactly sure what type of canine it
was, but it did have the tip of its left ear bent, just like my dog over in
Chicago. She was a very friendly dog,
but I think I heard that it is frowned upon for us to play with animals when
serving as the tools we use and the places we go could put them at risk. Well, Alayna acted during my inner conflict
and gave her a couple of good scratches and you could tell by her eyes that she
loved every second of it.
Anyways, we called it early due
to a thunderstorm that snuck up on us.
Once we returned to our housing we found that the “birders” had moved
it. Now we have a crew of mammal technicians,
HERPS (the reptile crew), botanists, birders, and ourselves. One of the researchers made the remark that I
look like someone from North Carolina and that she figured I was from around
the Ashville area. Not a bad guess for
someone I just met! But yeah, things
have gotten pretty crazy around here.
Surprisingly most of the groups stick to their clicks, but now that we
helped out the mammal and reptile crews we are beginning to mingle a bit. Tonight, for instance, we sat down and
watched an episode of Firefly with a couple of them.
We’ll see how things go in the
weeks to come as I believe everybody is going to be here the next 2 weeks. I’m excited as I heard a couple of the
birders making comments about the gaming systems. Anyone who likes a good game or Firefly gets
pretty high marks in my book. Night
all. Until next week!
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