Some of you may have remembered my first real blog post about Sienna getting sprayed by a skunk. Well, I was afraid of a repeat performance recently.
We went camping this past weekend to Garner State Park in the hill country near San Antonio. It’s a beautiful park with plenty of hiking trails and a freezing river, aptly called the Frio River. The girls waded in the river up to their thighs. I felt like such a bad parent because that water felt like what you find in an ice chest when all the drinks are gone… numbing. They were shaking and nearly blue when we finally made them get out.
Back at camp that evening, we noticed a skunk or two walking around just behind our trailer. They wandered nearby for those two nights. And let me say, skunks are actually quite scary in real life. I could probably equate it to seeing a lion on the prowl. It’s not really about what it does when you see it, more precisely it’s about what it COULD do! We kept shining the flashlights in their general direction.
Skunks look relatively the same from the front or the back… basically just a fluffy black and white kitty cat with beady eyes. Although, you can’t see those beady eyes at night in the dark. And it’s a great feeling when your flashlight reflects in their eyes. At least then you know you have the more preferred end pointed at you.
We made it out of there alive and with our own aroma intact. And thank you, Sienna, for learning your lesson and leaving them alone! I didn’t have any tomato juice with me again!
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