So Mom got back on her bicycle last night and dragged Dad around Fort Jackson for some exercise. With their schedules, night is really the only time they can ride, which works because Fort Jackson is pretty safe to ride on, and at night there are very few cars to get in the way. Well, last night Mom was riding (way ahead of Dad because he can't quite keep up -- he blames his bike). As Mom is riding, Dad can see a deer standing in the middle of the road. Mom kept riding, thinking the deer would scamper away. Well, Mom got nearly within 10 feet of the deer before the silly thing could make up it's mind what to do. It turned, hopped, and went running off across Mom's path. Mom said she thought it was going to run into her for a second, right before it went away.
Once, Dad had a deer run alongside him for a few seconds, but going the opposite direction, before jumping a fence and taking off. Always an adventure at the base.
This past weekend, Mom and Dad went to Knoxville for the Tennessee-Alabama football game (boo -- the bad Bama team won). But on the way home they drove through the Smoky Mountains. Mom hoped to see some bears, but no luck. But they did see a herd of elk in a field as they came out of the mountains in North Carolina. There was one male and nine females or babies. I'll try to get some pictures up to show you. They were territorial, but fortunately not vishus.
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Maybe the deer was trying to figure out a way to get a ride!
It's a relief to know that the vishus deer did not try to eat your tender joocy yung human mom!
Stoopid deer!
We don't think deers are very smart.
Wow, you have lots of wildlife where you are! We are city kitties, and while we live near hills and get the occasional deer and coyotes (the latter being a big reason why we are indoor-only), that's about it.
Mom Paula used to always look for bears when they'd travel to the mountains, but never saw one.
Your Tennessee Volunteers are playing our SC Gamecocks this weekend!
oooh we has those visahus deer here too! Dad was out jogging one night (and talking to mom on the cell ohone - we still haven't figures out why MOL!) when he suddenly said "OH!"
A vishus deer has run right across his path!
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