Calling all racoons of WyCo...

Attention fellow racoons! Word on the street is that Mathgeek is preparing for her annual visit to Camp Naish. Mathgeek, you know, the woman who hates our kind. Who is so easily spooked it's like stealing candy from a baby to get her going (or, in our case, more like stealing candy from a sleeping camper). Last year she was at Naish for two nights for Webelos camp. For those of you new to the area, we got her good. The first night, we had 10-20 of us swarm her campsite as soon as they called for lights out. The scouts were all in their tents, but many of the adults were out in camp chairs chatting for a while. By casually walking past them, nearly brushing their legs as we went, we got more than just mathgeek a little spooked. Then, just rustling around in the wooded area right outside her tent all night assured that she wouldn't sleep a wink all night when she finally did go to bed. The next night she was so jumpy she ended up sleeping in a minivan. THAT was awesome, folks! Thanks for all of your hard work in orchestrating this manuever.

So, this weekend she is only here for one night, with her younger scout. This is a night you won't want to miss. It's also a night we need to get right the first time, since we won't have another crack at her for quite a while. I am calling a planning meeting on Thursday night, right after sundown, to map out our strategy for assuring that she'll be sleepless for weeks. Any and all racoons in western Wyandotte County are welcome. Not sure yet which campsite she'll sleep at, so we'll be assigning teams to the different campsites to make sure we're covered.

Also remember that our friends on the other side of the state line were kind to her in June. From what I hear, they were so tame that they waited til the wee hours to hit the campsite, and then rooted around in the trash and promptly left. No terrorizing, no ballsy close encounters. For shame. Let's show those Missouri 'coons how it's done! LET'S DO THIS!