We'll there are surprises around every corner when your in the wilderness. Surprises like bears, elk, turkey, or even just a simple wild flower. You don't really expect to find surprises in your yard. Every now and again you will here a story in Durango about a mountain lion sighting in someone’s yard or the more common (sad sight) of a garbage bear on the hunt for irresponsible home owners' garbage cans...I digress.

Today after work I thought what a great time to get in some quick yard work. I was out trimming off some dead branches from an oak tree when something caught my attention out of the corner of my eye. 2 feet from my face was a crazy looking bug eyed, big eared...what looked like to me a baby Lemur monkey (?)...we had a stare down briefly and I ran to Google to try and figure out what I saw. Turns out it was not a Lemur (surprise), but was a Ringtailed cat. I have never heard of these critters, but I guess that these nocturnal cats are common further south of here. Not too common to see, especially here, but common in the U.S. deserts.