Surprise visitors

It was a quiet, moonlit evening and I was out enjoying the cool evening air. I heard a terrible racket from the nearby mesquite brush. It sounded like elephants breaking their way through the underbrush. Then there was a growling sort of sound and more crashing of limbs. I was spooked enough to climb up on the picnic table but stayed to see what might be coming…..it was feral pigs! A sow and four piglets and one other adult. They wandered around between camp and the lake then came in close to chow down on the mesquite beans at the corner of our site. This park is lakeside and the other three sides are surrounded by city/residential. Seems odd they would tolerate these beasties. It pretty much disrupted the tranquility of the evening but no\ harm and fun to watch. They scuffled a little over the best mesquite beans and the piglets kept insisting on nursing.

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