Deep in the Woods for Fun
Several days ago, I was sitting on my back deck . . . late . . .enjoying the summer night air, when I heard a screen door open and close. I peeked over the railing and saw Hailey, my neighbor’s 14-year-old daughter. She held a battery lantern in one hand and I also noticed she had on a backpack. I looked at my watch and thought it was very odd for her to be out . . . at 1am. She walked to the back of her yard, opened the gate and went into the woods. There’s about a mile of woods behind our houses and I had never seen her go that way before. It didn’t look right, so I decided to follow her. We must have walked for almost half a mile down …