Never Chase a Chipmunk

Our family has been really anxious to go fishing this year so we finally had the opportunity this week. Monday we went to Vernon Reservoir and got skunked and Wednesday we went to Payson Lake and got CHIPMUNKED!

Payson Lake hasn't been stocked for a while and seemed fished out. When we saw the fish truck drive by headed to the upper lake we gathered our poles and put them back in the car top carrier. As we were about to leave the lake Eric started chasing a chipmunk. Boys will be boys and Kelly was soon chasing the chipmunk too. Unfortunately, all of our car's doors were wide open and must of looked like a great place to hide to a frightened chipmunk! In our excitement we all tried to poke and prod the critter hoping to force him out of the car. No such luck! He burrowed himself somewhere under the steering column. We waited for about 10 minutes hoping he would calm down enough to scurry out. No such luck! Kelly really didn't like the idea of a wild critter crawling around by his feet but what would you do? Stay there all day waiting for it to come out?

We drove the 1/2 mile to the upper lake and decided to leave the doors open. We stayed there for few hours with our poles in the water. Kelly was the only one to catch a fish. We must of been doing something wrong that day! One fish! Payback for chasing a chipmunk, right? Hoping the chipmunk had crawled out we journeyed home. Kelly was twitching at every little itch on his bare legs in fear of a crazy chipmunk attacking him while driving.

Did he really crawl out? No such luck. The next morning the little guy was looking out the window at us! We opened all the doors and windows hoping again he would crawl out. After another hour of this we decided just to leave the windows open and not drive the car for a few days. Let us know if you see a chipmunk running around Eagle Mountain. Then we will know it is safe to drive the car again!