Went for a spring walk with the kids to a local conservation area.

Shyla (the dog) took particular interest in a tree. So we investigated.

Found a small hole (no bigger than a toonie) and thought something small crawled in there, so of course we started poking in it with sticks (very gently I may add)

Kids were excited but somewhat freaked out... Kaitlyn walked around the back of the tree to find it half rotted and open at the top ( 7 feet or so off the ground)

So to find out what was inside I reached up and pointed the camera down the hole and snapped a shot.... and immediately looked at the camera screen to see what I captured. Nothing, just some fur in the distance. so I reached up again and took another one, and again immediately seeing what was on the screen, but this time I had a cute but very annoyed face of a raccoon staring at me... I jumped back and took the kids with me.

The raccoon slowly got up and took off, much to the dogs disappointment. and we went on - tell our grand story to ourselves over and over....



Well when Kaitlyn got home and downloaded the pictures she made a startling discovery... The Raccoon was not alone... It had a baby! Click on the picture and notice under the raccoon on the left side a small set of eyes with a black little nose. Mommy raccoon must not have been very happy with us. Am I ever glad I didn't peek my head over the rotted stump!!!

Some other Pics of our adventure as well!