Morning in Louise

Charlie and I, along with Pop and Will, headed to Louise this morning to meet with some wildlife biologists to discuss management of the property. The ride to Yazoo City was filled with chatter from the back seat (as is the normal course these days). Driving to Pop's house, Charlie said 'deer'. I was about to say 'no, those big white things are horses' when I noticed a small buck standing on the tree line. We stopped and watched him while he stopped and watched us. Once we rounded Pop up and were headed out in the truck, Charlie exclaimed once again 'deer'. I was thinking again that he was reminding Pop and me of where he saw the buck earlier, but once again, I was wrong - there was another deer in the same spot. On the way to Louise, we were talking about all the corn in the fields, so Pop pulled over and picked an ear of corn for Charlie. Charlie was so pleased until he found out he couldn't eat it, so we decided to feed it to the deer. Once at Louise, we met up with Uncle Will and the other guys, rode around in trucks and 4-wheelers, got a little dirty, saw bugs and critters, and explored all over everywhere. We need to work with Charlie in his getting dirty ability as he is not a big fan right now. We returned to Yazoo City to drop Pop off, and on our return trip we grabbed some nutritious Wendy's for the ride home. A few minutes later, I looked in the rearview and saw Charlie's eyes shut but he was still chewing his chicken nuggets. In all, it was a great, but tiring, morning that stretched into the afternoon.