In May our ward had the Father and Sons' camp out. Matt took Maxwell, and he had the time of his life! He still talks about it all of the time. Of course we do not have any pictures of the actual camping because there were only fathers and sons there. However, shortly after they left for the trip, Matt called me and told me to hurry and head up the canyon to meet him with the camera because he had just cornered a mountain lion. Really? Actually, these kind of things don't really surprise me anymore. We drove to meet him, and sure enough, just off the gravel road was a young cougar. He kept trying to get through the fence and couldn't. I was surprised he didn't just run past Matt and through the field the other way.
It really was pretty impressive to see one so close up. As you can tell by the pictures, he wasn't quite as thrilled with seeing us. Matt kept getting way to close for comfort, and was tossing rocks at the bushes to get him to scream for the camera. He is crazy, and I don't seem to have any control over it.
He finally figured out he could just run along the fence line until the fence ended, then he ran off through the field. I have since been jogging along this area, and have been a little nervous that he is going to remember me and come back to get me!
