The family and some friends went camping from last Friday until July 4th at Wells State Park. I worked from home Friday (and yes I actually worked), and did not arrive until around 7:30pm. Our 3yo son wanted to ride his trike around the campground and seemed to have too much energy for the adults who spent the day setting up camp, so I headed off with him around the five plus mile grand loop. I figured we would go up hill as far as possible, then head back down once he had burned off enough energy. Being a 3yo he had unlimited reserves and we made it all the way up to the top, halfway between the South Trail entrance and the base of Carpenters Rock (map). I was quite tired and we stopped to prepare for the trip down. The trike wheels are quite loud and the sudden quiet sounds of twilight were quite nice. There was a rustling just off to the left off the road as something came through the woods.

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