Sunday, May 18, 2014

When Nature Calls

The air was still. No sound could be heard. I awoke in the middle of the night as I knew something was wrong. No breeze was blowing from the fan and no noise emitted from my sound machine.

"Oh no, not again!" I thought."Please don't let this be another electrical issue!" (refer to my earlier post) I lay there in half-slumber wondering what to check first in the RV to remedy the situation.

Then it happened! I'd been waiting for over a month for this joyous occasion. I heard the COYOTES howl! I've been told by our park neighbors that the local coyote pack could be heard at night. Most of my neighbors have heard them as our rv's back up to the tree-lined field. The running joke was that maybe my kids had scared their pack away! But I heard them.

First there was a long howl, followed by short yips and coyote barks. I couldn't be more thrilled! I wanted to wake the kids but the howling stopped very quickly. The large tree that sits behind our bus might be the nightly gathering place for the coyotes to meet up. "What were they talking about tonight?" I wondered.

I slept peacefully the remainder of the night replaying the natural and beautiful sounds of  the howlings of our fellow coyotes.

And yes, thankfully, I did solve the electrical issue quickly. The bathroom GFI had been tripped. Problem solved, fan and fake rain sound back on.

I quote a friend of mine, Jennifer Morris, when I say, "Spooning with a smiling coyote high up in the hills surrounded by boulders and crickets under the big bright full moon. Life is sweet."



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