There's a disturbance in the Force

Woof... woof woof, 3:30am, woof, "Patches?!? what the...", CLANG, CRASH "Patches stay". Best night sleep I've had in a while and the dog gets riled up. I grab a flashlight and head for the kitchen door onto the camp's porch, shine the light through the glass... nothing. I go to the living room door onto the porch, shine the light through the glass - freakin' raccoon eating one of Patches' Milkbones. I rattle the doorknob and he takes off like a bat out of hell to the screen door at the other end of the porch and out through a section of the screen that had already been ripped. That's the most exciting thing going on here today, at least I fell back asleep afterwards. Once I was awake (when I wanted to be) it's been a very successful day. The weather was beautiful again. I finished another book. Helped out my mother-in-law with her computer. Bought a T-bone steak that for grilling to go with some rice pilaf and corn-on-the-cob. Packed some things preparing to head for home tomorrow. So that's how I ended this year's vacation at the the camp. Ready to go home.

Early morning...

...to the final sunset of this year's vacation.