Flashlight Training Inc. - Obedience and Security

Days Walking - 99

Ok so Jake and Gabe woke us up at about 2AM last night, not all that long after we’d gone to sleep. There was something in the bushes, and it wasn’t small.

We got Kwame up and handed the bow off to him, since he’s the best shot. Jake equipped the slingshot - one of those snazzy ones that braces on your forearm.

And then we spent the next three hours jumping and cringing at every sound. The something in the bushes was circling our camp, disturbing the brush.

We trained our flashlights into the blackness - even with the moon, it gets pretty damned dark - and nothing. We’d see the brush jitter a bit as the Something went by, but we never did catch a glimpse.

It could have been a bunny or a badger or something, but of course we imagined the worst possible critters, not just wolves or bears, but scary crazy stuff like Arctic Kamikaze Porcupines - the kind that dash into camp and explode in a flying fury of pines, leaving us punctured and dead, good eating!

After about three hours of thrilling 'jumping at every sound and seeing nothing' adventure, most of the group went to bed. By this time, it was Church and Litany’s turn on Watch, and you can bet there was no sleeping for us.

I wanted to ask her about the plethora of porn cookie crumbs she’d left on my laptop, but I refrained. We talked instead about the vet clinic where Church spent much time learning how to scoop out reproductive organs. Eeew!

Eric - Wow, thanks for the Turkish Army tidbit, it's very cool to get the info directly from someone with experience! You can bet I passed this info on to Church and Adrian. At this point, they're still sheepish about the whole thing, (falling asleep on Watch) but sick of hearing about it. You can bet they'll be hearing about it for months to come.

Heather - You pronounce Caeled as "Kay-led", yeah you got it pretty close. Hee hee! Eric is welcome to share his war stories with us anytime! :o)

We only get about four hours of ‘night’ now. Sunset is at about 11:45PM, Sunrise is about 4AM. So Church and I started our two hour watch at about 5AM, after sunrise, which really messes with your sleeping cycle.

When we woke up Gabe and Kwame for their turn on Watch, they were not feelin it, since they’d really just got back to sleep. And then Church and I laid down, but ended up just talking for the next couple of hours.

The long long long hours of sun really messes with your sense of time. Almost daily, I’ll try to think back - and I often have to ask someone ‘Did this happen today, or was that yesterday?‘

In the end, we were getting goofy silly sleepy, and we - and I’m including Kwame and Gabe, who chimed in with fabulous falsetto’s - ended our day with a rousing rendition of 'Sunrise, Sunset'.

Litany Webb, signing off

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