Date: 2018-02-15
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Hi There "  Crazy Brit  Here "  Well going to take another overnight camp out in Myakka State Park , I again chose to camp at Bee Island nice and easy hike in and a nice campsite, its only a 3 mile hike in to camp ,but you have to carry your own firewood , not so good ,last time Andrew from Trailwalkers brought out the fire wood in a cart , no easy feat in itself, this time I would have to carry my own , I went to the store and picked up 2 bundles of firewood , oh dear to heavy ,so i picked up 2 logs with a swedish stye hole system that you light the small fuel pad and  "Whoosh" you have an instant fire Great !!!!I set up my tent got all my gear prepped and ready , o/k what do i do now ,I know lets go for a hike  " how novel "This park is so cool hiked over to the power lines and walked up the trail ,saw some Hogs running around, great hiking weather a bit chilly with a threat of raining it was pretty windy ,perfect for a shakedown hike, got back to the campsite and set about getting my dinner, had a recipe from John at Trailwalkers . got it all going perfect , Rice ,Chicken ,peppers, Garlic , some dried onions and boiling water ,meal for Royalty, have a cup of coffee, and settle down in my Dyneema chair that I have made , the Moon is coming up peace and quiet ,so time for a little Jack Daniels and Coke , All is well with the World.All is well until I hear some movement in the undergrowth ,What the Hell is that ???????  " Grunt Grunt ,Snort Snort" what the hell ,a rather large Sow Hog starts coming into my campsite and starts to rummage around all my trash is up high as is my food, she is now about 50 ft away from me I shine my headlight on her she is completely oblivious to me, she just kept on rooting around , then more of her friends came to join the party, at this time I must admit I felt a little bit anxious, wonder if they knew I had had a lot of Bacon the weekend, I think I will have another Jack and Coke, it was kind of interesting I have hiked in the Park for years allways looking for the Wild Hogs, well boy now you have a whole mess of them.Its getting later and later ,the hogs are staying away from me and the fire, so I decide, hell time for bed, all went well until a hog started sniffing around the tent , I have a Nemo Hornet and the head part has a single layer of material between me and this big fat hog , I am a little uneasy to tell you the truth, still What could Happen ????? after a while I drifted of to sleep ,Thanks Jack Daniels, the hogs left, all was very Quiet , "Wrong " this was the time that the Coyote's come out to play and hunt for their suppers , Man they were going Crazy, louder and louder , closer and closer,I heard them sniffing around the camp site, OH my God I am about to be eaten by a pack of Coyote's, they went past the campsite, I heaved a sigh and went to sleep.After this episode, I dropped of to sleep , awoke to a really bright day , thanks Jack, made up my breakfast ,washed down with two cups of coffee, had a short hike around some of their great trails ,then headed back to my car , another great shakedown trip , learning all the time ,I think that I have my cooking down , also my setting up of my tent ,getting things organized, packing up in the morning is my weak point at the moment.Learning all the time getting all the little kinks out, I feel pretty good about my up coming trip, confident, 'Yes I think So ,I CAN do this"Thanks for reading, more to come.Crazy Brit