Nights around here are eventful! A pack of coyotes trotted up and sang us the
song of their people in celebration of the eve of Christmas in July. The caroling went on for a few hours with a
couple interludes involving Mother Nature’s wind symphony… but I fell asleep
pretty early on. My tired friends had
nothing but back-handed praise about the concert though!
As for today we returned to Sheepshead and finished repairing
both the barb wire and jack link fences.
The devices put up a hell of a fight though. Some old barb wire punctured me deep enough
to draw blood and the ensuing wound has a rather dark look to it. After a couple of calls back home during
lunch I learned I had my Tetanus shot in 2011 so I should be in the clear! Not wanting to be shown up, part of the jack
link fence collapsed on me. It managed
to scratch me a bit, but I emerged relatively unscathed. Other than these two incidents the day went
by smoothly.
My highlight is a tie between scaling a steep gravel hill and
hanging out with a bald eagle. The first
was undoubtedly fun but the latter was on the verge of magical. You know, I’ve seen several bald eagles out
in the wild since I joined the Emergency Response Team. I think this is a sign of good fortune in
some form or another. Anyways, I should
probably go clean and mend myself; tomorrow the rest of our Corps will be
arriving so weekly showers are in all likelihood coming to an end. Talk to you all later!
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