Two Lane Touring

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It was late in the day - the sun was nearly down. I was off on a short trail toward the beach about a mile from my campsite and this deer emerged from the foliage near the dunes and was standing in a small field, very still and hard to see. She just stood, wary I am sure, judging if it were safe to eat or even stay. She stood so still for 4 or five minutes only moving her head slightly left to right. Finally she did nibble at some grass but usually just stood. There was another person on the trail headed away from the beach, Gilles, whom you will meet later and he had stopped to watch from his end. I took the photo with the “eye detect” feature on the Fuji camera and it worked well avoiding focus on the many tall plants between us and locking on to the deer’s eye. I know you can see these animals lots of places, and I have seen here two 6 or 8 point bucks here though they were too quick or I too slow to photograph them, but this encounter was sweetly special.