The midnight walk's not over!

As we headed straight away to the safe confines of our cozy cabin with Judy tucked away between Shauna and Doris, we were relieved to see the faint light of our cabin's lamp glowing on the dewy ground. Almost to safety and we avoided the wrath of the skunks! Just as we were relaxing a bit at the sight of our temporary "home sweet home" we heard a mans voice and at the same time Doris felt a hand on her shoulder. With the reflexes of a cat, she quickly turned and without time to think took the pointy toe of her cowboy boot and gave an upward thrust to the "murderers" (well, he could be a murderer!) middle section knocking him to his knees! Not being one to neglect a friend in need, Shauna sensed his vulnerability and body slammed him to the ground for good measure! Judy, clinging to Kim's sweatshirt and her forehead flashlight pointing into the tree branches above, cheered the two brave women on while Kim, with Judy at her back found a trusty stick and gave the assailant a few good pokes from a safe distance. Still reeling from all the excitement and squealing with nervous fear, we were all wondering what had just happened. Judy calmed down enough to straighten her headlight and that's when we discovered that our "murderer"(well, he COULD have been a murderer!!) was actually our loyal camping friend, Ranger Rick! He heard us heading up the trail and wanted to alert us of an escaped convict who had just made a jailbreak around 3:00 that afternoon. As we helped him to his feet Doris sort of apologized but did tell him it's not wise to sneak up on a bunch of brave, strong women. In the dark no less. Shauna helped him brush off the wet leaves and debris from his uniform as a peace offering for the body slam, however noted that he DID deserve it considering his approach of choice. He agreed that it was his fault and he was sorry but still needed to fill us in on the convict. He was last seen heading into the woods of the park and would probably stay in the woods for a while and may be "observing" campers from afar to see if he could use them for his get-away. He warned us to be extra careful, lock our cabin door and he would be patroling our area every hour so don't worry and get a good nights sleep. Yeah, like THAT was going to happen now....