LAKE ARROWHEAD STATE PARK, Texas — Never let it be said that we don’t cater — even in a perverse sort of way — to Toby the Puppy.
We arrived at this state park about a dozen miles south of Wichita Falls. It’s hot as hell out there … about 100 degrees.
The state park ranger in the office greeted me while my wife took Toby for a walk in the heat.
“We have a reservation,” I told her. She looked it up, found it and asked, “Do you want a pull through?” for your fifth wheel RV. I said yes.
“OK, I have two options. I can give you one site that has no shade but it quite lengthy or I can put you in another one. There’s a problem: It’s got a lot of prairie dogs.”
I thought about that one. I consulted then with my wife. We agreed. We wanted the site with no shade. Why? Because the prairie dogs would drive Toby nuts. He’d want to play with all of them.
We went to the unshaded RV site.
Should we have encamped among the prairie dogs? Some might say “yes.” We chose to save Toby the headache of being refused permission to scamper off to chase the little critters.
Therefore, we had the puppy’s best interest at heart. Meanwhile, we are baking in the hot sun.
Oh, the things we do for our little baby.
