Was this a joke? Were they having some fun with the new guy? I wasn’t looking forward to getting hazed at 2 o’clock in the morning.

I put the note back in the book and skimmed through the manual. It was a real snooze fest of standard rules and nonsense.

For the next check, I decided to use binoculars. I was rewarded by seeing a bear and three deer. I pulled out my camera and took some pics but the zoom wasn’t quite as much as I needed to get some really good shots. You could still tell it was a bear, but it was a little blurry.

I decided to go camera shopping with my first paycheck. What’s the use of having this spectacular view if I can’t take good pictures of it?

Soon after sunset came...

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