Camping ends abruptly …
We had a really good night in the tent. Pia was sleeping through the whole night and started to wake up around 5am. It was lovely to see her listen to the birds around and she suddenly said: “The birds are teaching me how to whistle …”. That alone made all the trouble worth it.
Just before 6 o’clock we decided to get out of the tent and go back in the house. Pia stepped out first and waited on the path for me. I closed the tent and was about to join her when suddenly I heard hissing noises all around us. It was exactly 6 o’clock and the automated sprinklers in the yard went off! Pia started to scream, because she was scared and I started to scream, because I wanted her to move quickly. After a few seconds I think she realized that she should follow me and we ran back into the house - both of us half-soaked from the sprinklers along the path.
Then I remembered that I saw the gardeners truck on Saturday afternoon. I assumed that they had come to continue to fix the coyote fence, but now I know that they came to start the drip-system and the sprinklers instead …
OMG. A couple of goofballs. And we’re related.