The Circle of Life

 

(this photo is only minimally relevant to the blog post because Chuck is eating breakfast in it, but I just had to post it because her face is priceless)

Here we were, enjoying breakfast by the river after a night of camping, when...

This fellow joined us from upstream:

He sauntered out of the water:

And hung out for a bit:

Then we noticed these guys approaching from all sides, determined to get some of our delicious breakfast:

Then, to complete the jungle scene/circle of life/what have you, Jackie (remember her? she likes holding hands?) and baby took up a riverside seat:

We were kinda hoping for some sort of 3-way, interspecies fight club to commence, but things remained peaceful:

Aw, how cute are Jackie and baby?

The only shenanigans occurred when Jackie decided to make a move on our kitchen tent (although her plans were quickly foiled by Simon):

All the while, Tim ate fruit from this, the most magnificent fruit plate to ever be consumed:

Sink Lizard

Sometimes it still freaks me out a little bit to turn the light on in the kitchen and see a lizard skitter across the counter.  I know they're supposed to be good luck, but it still makes me jump a little bit.

This guy was actually stuck in the sink.  While I was making my trusty banana shake, he tried and failed twice to climb the steep wall, so I stepped in and gave him a hand.  By "a hand," I mean that I draped a paper towel over the edge of the sink to give him some grip so he could climb up on his own.  He did just that and headed straight for his sanctuary under the microwave.  Good deed for the day, done.