Oh, Deer

Hyde Park is a fun place to live. It is a few miles north of Logan, Utah and is a small town of somewhere around 3700 people, but it doesn't feel like you are in the middle of nowhere, probably because you aren't. Logan is a college town (home of Utah State University) with a lot of amenities (restaurants, book stores, theaters, etc). We've really enjoyed living here for the past 6 1/2 years.

One interesting thing about Hyde Park is that many people in town retain their rights to house larger animals, like horses or sheep or cows. Our cul-de-sac runs right up to a large field and the owners have horses, so in the summer the kids can feed the horses apples and carrots. It's not unusual to see people riding their horses along city streets. And around the corner we have neighbors with sheep, goats and chickens. If we walk around the block, we see lots of animals.

Being so close to the mountains, we also see deer every so often. The last few days, however, we've had several sightings of a group of about 12 deer just walking around town. Tessa and I saw them yesterday crossing a street by our house, but William missed it because he was in preschool. Today he got his chance. We were driving home from Sam's Club (I told you we had amenities, although sadly there isn't a Target in Cache Valley) and we saw this little herd of deer just hanging out in a random yard. The kids were so excited so we pulled over to watch them. Then we decided to run home for our camera and get a few pictures. We found them walking up the road once we got our camera, but then the camera decided it needed new batteries. So we ran back home (I told you, it's a small town), got new batteries, and drove back around town looking for the deer. Poor deer probably thought we were stalkers, which I guess we were. But we were able to get a few shots.