The Story of Davy, the Rockin' Raccoon

Imagine a raccoon that always says please and thank you, that always asks for food before taking, that never snarls or oinks by your ear in the night. This raccoon demands only the food we don't want (yes we still have some tuna), he never rips opens anyone's pannier, and above all, he loves to be bungeed to our bike.

This raccoon's name is Davy. We have never met Davy.

The story of Davy is as follows: Davy was lonely and wanted a girlfriend, when he ran into three nice young denny girls who bungeed him onto one of their bikes and took him to where he found a nice young raccoon named Margaret. Davy and Margaret lived happily ever after with Davy's mother Petunia and their nice raccoon babies, who Davy and Margaret like to bungee together. Davy and Margaret like to bungee everything together, in memory of that wonderful time Davy spent on the back of one of the denny girls' bikes.

The story of Davy, Margaret, Petunia, and their bungeed-babies came about while we waged war with some raccoons in the night. These mean raccoon bullies ripped open Liz's food pannier, wriggled their way into Cate's, and finally came searching for food in our tent. These raccoons could not be scared away by anything we did, including throwing things at them and spraying bug spray at them. All we could comfort ourselves with was the story of Davy.