Back on the path through the woods

It has been more than two years since I walked down our community path through the woods to our marina. The path continues up into an adjacent community and always made a pleasant walk as well as being good exercise.

It has been two years since our big coyote problem.  Last year there were a few sightings, this year so far none. I broke off a big stick when I entered the path with Zoey today.  So many memories....especially of Rebe whom I used to let loose at a certain point down the path.  She would run but also stay close to me or come when I called.  Now I can never do that with Zoey.  I'm still concerned that there might be  coyotes in the area.  A neighbor, an ally in the coyote debacle, told me that during a recent creek restoration project in the gorge between the two community's paths, the contractors said they found a coyote den.  So maybe that activity might have frightened off the coyotes.  Who knows.  I long suspected they had several dens and I think one of the trappers we interviewed indicated as much.

Anyway, it is nice to get more exercise and make the walk more interesting.  

Humiliating

On the phone with one of life's smaller irritants.  Can't log into an online account and I need to update my credit card to keep it active.  The helpful guy on the other end is young and patient.  But even he has his limits.  He tries to get a supervisor to handle my problem but can't find anyone.

Finally he says, um, do you have any other family member at home with you right now?

Like a 13 year old grandson, I ask, knowing what he is getting at.  He thinks all this is my ineptitude.

Finally, after the good part of an hour the problem is resolved. Turns out at least part of my problem was the browser, Mozilla Firefox.  I go to Google chrome and it is resolved.