RE: how I learned I can jump over a campfire

[ShirleyT]

 
One night on our latest trip to the lake my cousin and I were sitting at the fire waiting for the kids to come back from their walk. I was facing the fire and she was sitting next to me looking at me as we talked. Suddenly she got a really weird look on her face and said " Shirley...don t move too fast but there is a skunk behind us" .
 
 Well I didn t turn to look nor did I respond. I quickly jumped out of my chair, jumped over the firepit (fire still burning) and when I was about 4 feet on the other side of the firepit I stopped and turned to look. The skunk was about 6-8 feet from where I had been sitting. It was still snooting around and not paying much attention to us.
 
 We discussed in whispers what would happen if the kids came back while the skunk was still there and then were were afraid it would spray. (I am really suprised that seeing a big woman like myself jump over a firepit wasn t enough to scare the dang skunk). I clapped my hands a few times and it teetered up the hill and across the road. It walked along side the road and then went into a bush.
 
 Less than two minutes later we saw glow bracelets coming down the road so we knew it was the kids. We told them to stop and come down the hill instead of going down the other side by the driveway. Of course they were looking for the skunk but we didn t see it again.
 
 HOWEVER...my X saw a baby skunk not too far from my cabin when he went outside to use the bathroom. Glad it didn t spray him, he would have slept outside on the porch!
 
 Hope I didnt tell this story earlier and forget and then tell it again!!

[tlhdoc]

 ShirleyT
Shirley if it had worked out different we could have called you Stinky.[][]

[ShirleyT]

 tlhdoc
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[rccs]

 ShirleyT
A couple of years ago my wife and I were camping at one of our favorite state parks and in the evening while we were sitting by the camp fire a skunk walked right over my wifes shoes on the way by us towards our camper, talk about sitting still! Then it went under the camper and was drinking out of the pail that I catch the drain water from the sink in.

[Acts 2:38 girl]

 ShirleyT

Then it went under the camper and was drinking out of the pail that I catch the drain water from the sink in.
   

I m SO glad we use a closed unit for our gray water!  Just another benefit!  Talk about close calls!  []  I ve never seen a live skunk around our campsite, although DH has - after I went to bed!  []

[Foxyladies]

 ShirleyT
Strawberry Park in CT is known to have skunks around.....harmless but still scarey.
 One night years ago when my friend and I with our children were camping, her oldest son with his cousin were sitting outside by the campfire, when along came a skunk right behind his chair. Talk about.....being speechless....thank goodness it didn t spray. Were more afraid of them....then they are of us.

[cyclone]

 ShirleyT
One of the COE cg s we frequent has plenty of skunks.  Last spring we had been in the tent for a while when the dog started in with a low growl.  We got her calmed down and went back to sleep.  The next day we noticed that all the food was gone from her dishes, and a neighbor had commented that they noticed skunks eating dog food on another person s site.  We assumed they also visited us during the night. []
 
 Also, camping at Lake Guntersville, AL last fall--there seemed to be a friendly skunk or two wandering the cg.  (Giffster~how close was that one you shined a light on?)  I think it even wandered right through the middle of KMinton s screen room.  Is this too close for comfort, too?

[Starcraft Dad]

 ShirleyT
Shirley be nimble, Shirley be quick......hehehe[]
 
 Last year at Taquamanon Falls State Park, we didn t have a skunk problem but my DW got the wits scared out of her.  We were sitting around the campfire and my DW felt something on her, errrr,  back side through the chair.  She thought it was one of the boys goofing around so she turned to give a little swat.  Lo and behold there was a raccoon leaning on the chair and staring her in the face.  I didn t think a women of her, ah, substance could run and scream that fast and loud.  Now when we camp, the kids tend to sneak up behind her and put thier " paws"  on her chair.  Ooooh the toungue lashing they do get.[:@]