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Oh no, I was going to see if you wanted a cabin rental I have in the North Fork at the end of the month and might not be able to use! I think it might have resident packrats, though.

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Tell me more. If they’re related to Roger, I might be able to handle it.

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I do not know but they stole my tea strainer. 😬 Ford Cabin. I have it the last week of the month, but I want to try to go to the Stolen Waters conference in Missoula. Only hitch is it's a weekday rental, not weekend.

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They needed to make some tea! Can you blame them? Which cabin is it?

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Oops, sorry, just edited comment above with that info!

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I had the Ford cabin on my favorites until I read the reviews!

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Oh no! I've never read the reviews but I've stayed there quite a bit by myself! Just got back from it.

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Oct 4, 2023Liked by Anna E

Love this, Anna ❤️

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Ha! I too did not sleep all night in a Forest Service cabin recently (Fourmile Cabin up the Main Boulder). Mostly because I'm way too old to share a big bunkroom bedroom with another couple, and because I am STILL sure there was a mouse out there in the main room rummaging among our things. I may also have been known to take a wee next to the porch on occasion. I'd suggest a dog for company, but mine's more scared of the Things Out There than I am!

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I spent a couple of nights at a cabin with my dog when I still had one, and it did make a huge difference.

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I can vouch for your fright of night lightning. The last time (of many) you came and jumped into bed with us during a storm, you were nineteen years old!

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47 years ago. You have a great memory!

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I love this piece! Thank you! Your words carried me to the cold and dark night and my familiar tent's comfort, and my own way of coping with fear. Since my kids have grown, I, too, am a solo woman who camps alone in the woods (before Soo Soo, the adventure cat, entered my life). I pee into a large yogurt container for the nights I sleep in a cabin. But most nights are in a tent, so I focus on the spread of stars I can't see from home or the mist hugging the ground. But I am not brave!!! I sleep with my head under the covers (a childhood adaptation) with an air horn, dog alarm, and bear spray next to my pillow. And for those scratching Rogers, I rely on an audiobook. I am not mastering my fear, merely distracting myself from it.

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AIR HORN!!!!

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Oct 3, 2023Liked by Anna E

Wow.

1. Vincent Price.

2. Memories of (Lasionycteris noctivagans) the silver-haired bat, from my mammalogy days. (The Latin translates to “silver-haired night wanderer”). Ok, kind of a tenuous connection, but 🤷🏽‍♂️

3. Anatomically correct description of the aye-aye.

At least three reasons why I loved this one.

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Silver-haired night wanderer...I can think of some silver-haired night wanderers who are not bats!

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My night wandering days are behind me, I’m pretty sure

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Also, loved the title :)

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I admire your solo travels even though you know there will be parts that scare you. I did a solo stay at a cabin a few years ago, but at the last minute invited a friend to come sleep with me because solo night time is the trickiest and I knew if I didn't sleep all night I wouldn't be coming back to my family rejuvenated LOL. I can sleep comfortably in my house (when my spouse travels), but I agree that sleeping alone in the woods is unsettling.

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It's just a whole different thing, isn't it? I can also walk all over my neighborhood at night if I want because there are lights and people around, even at 2 am. Totally different.

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Well, not about everything...

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