Save for the nasty gnats (or is that "gnasty gnats"?) that plagued us at every platform and in the Welcome Center, it was a lovely day at Sand Creek yesterday. Our first group got done early allowing us to plant new hostas by the Welcome Center. Groups came early, groups came late. In the end, the timing all worked out because God IS in control.
The best part of our day was our one rescue. We're in the process of building a new racing zip line. We have holes dug (and covered by boards!) over by platform two. On Friday, two staff had found what they thought were two baby coyotes in the holes, one was dead and one was still alive. So they left a board in the hole so s/he could climb out.
Ethan and I went to check the holes yesterday after hosta planting and that little one was still in there, big brown eyes looking up at us. My brilliant thought was to call Scott County Animal Control. So I did. Got the Sheriff's Department who said they would send a deputy right out.
Then I got another phone call - from somebody's wild animal critter removal. He said Scott County only removed dogs, cats and rabid raccoons, so no sheriff deputy would be coming out. But for $150.00 he would remove it . . .
The last laugh was on him! I felt horrible saying no (who wants a baby animal to die?), but remember how I said yesterday was a "God IS in control" day? Up pulled the deputy who was game to try and pull the critter out or at least, put it out of it's misery.
I stayed up on top, while Ethan and said deputy went down with a bunch of rope. (Funny question of the day: The deputy asked if we had rope. Definitely! Name your length, color, weight - we have it!) They snagged what they say was a baby fox, pulled him up, cut him free and off he ran! Another glory story at Sand Creek!
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