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Brier Patch #20 A Weekend With Bridget

February 5, 2018 by Bill Brier Leave a Comment

LAST WEEK’S WINNER

Karen Hester of Madison, Wisconsin, was randomly chosen last week’s $25 winner with the correct answer to the question: What kind of bird did Bill see. Ans: Condor

Where’s the best place to meet girls? Why, school, of course.

Bridget had a strikingly beautiful Latino face with skin that looked freshly coated with a fine dark polish.

We met in our UCLA birding class, and after two field trips, I suggested we take a weekend birding trip together.

“Maybe get extra credit,” I offered as enticement.

“Where would we go?” she asked, her glossy brown eyes squinting suspiciously.

“The Kern River. We’ll set up camp and bird the riparian. Look for … whatever those birds are there, and then bird our way back along the river. Maybe even find a ferruginous haw—”

“Hold on. Did you say camp?”

“Sure, I’ve got all the stuff. Nothin’ to worry about.”

“I’ll think about it.”

The Next Day

I called her and said, “The weather in Kernville’s going to be perfect, in the seventies and clear. What do you say?”

“What about wild animals?”

“Not a problem,” I told her, having never considered the subject.

I picked her up Friday afternoon. She wore one of those fancy camping jackets with a hood and a million pockets.

I drove while she ate a candy bar and flipped through her birding book, naming all the birds we’d be looking for and sticking pictures of them in front of my face.

It was a thick book, and the birds started looking all the same.

The Campground

We pulled in after dark. She smiled thinly when we passed the showers and bathrooms.

“See,” I told her. “All the luxuries of home.”

We set up our tent and started a fire. I cracked open a bottle of red wine. Even laid out a spread of cheese and crackers from the ice chest.

Swirling her wine like a pro, she nodded toward our sleeping quarters. “That’s a pretty small tent.”

“Roomy enough for two sleeping bags,” I said and fetched them from the car.

“Take your pick,” I said. “You’ll zip inside, safe and snug as a bug.”

We ate chicken and gazed at the star-filled sky. I tried to impress her with my incredible knowledge of the constellations, only to learn she’d majored in astronomy.

Before the night was over, I learned she’d majored in more than just astronomy.

Next Week: Bridget’s Big Surprise

 

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THE KILLER WHO WASN’T THERE — Award-winning mystery (that Scooby’s still reading).
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