"Connect The Dots" - June 11, 2021

[KscX]

Ashore from Asheville! Not too many rabbits along the way, but I did spot this guy…

Yikes! Will keep this in mind next time I’m tempted to move to the countryside! (which is fairly often of late - not dissin the country life!)

No countryside needed to see bears in Asheville. Those are likely city limit bears.

[SReh26]

Ashore from Asheville! Not too many rabbits along the way, but I did spot this guy…

Yikes! Will keep this in mind next time I’m tempted to move to the countryside! (which is fairly often of late - not dissin the country life!)

No countryside needed to see bears in Asheville. Those are likely city limit bears.

wowza!

[bread-girl]

On the shore!

[zach]

Yikes! Will keep this in mind next time I’m tempted to move to the countryside! (which is fairly often of late - not dissin the country life!)

No countryside needed to see bears in Asheville. Those are likely city limit bears.

wowza!

Yeah I’m minutes from downtown visiting family, and we see them frequently. They are effectively very large raccoons.

[SReh26]

No countryside needed to see bears in Asheville. Those are likely city limit bears.

wowza!

Yeah I’m minutes from downtown visiting family, and we see them frequently. They are effectively very large raccoons.

with places to go, if that pic is any indication!

[Ben B]

We are safely on shore! Went chasing rabbits for awhile but finally had that sweet Aha moment. Son’s last day of school today, good way to start the summer. Frozen margarita and sweet iced tea please!

[Kris Zacharias]

On shore.

[Bird Lives]

On shore! Wasn't able to even look at the puzzle until this morning. Somehow I have to train my family members and friends that I am unavailable (until further notice) starting at 4:00 pm on Thursday. How did you do it, Wendy?!!

By using the "broken record" technique: Just keep repeating "4 p.m. Thursday is Puzzle Time." They'll catch on eventually. The only exception I make is when my dear 90-year-old neighbor/"adopted father" wanders over for a chat.
Once, however, a seriously lovelorn friend called me exactly 5 minutes before Puzzle Time and said he really needed to talk. I sighed and resigned myself to missing page 1 that week. He thanked me and said he knew he would feel so much better if he could only vent for ... oh ... 15 minutes or so. I quickly figured out what was going on, screamed at him, hung up the phone and raced for the computer. I don't remember if I made page 1, but we laugh about it to this day!

With friends like these . . .

[Bird Lives]

Do they still have those signs at stadiums?

Do kids still play pepper?

Well, what with all the "NO PEPPER GAMES" at the ballparks, they probably don't.

"I speak severely to my boy,
I beat him when he sneezes;
For he can thoroughly enjoy
The pepper when he pleases!"

[BreeZynCO]

We made it to shore. Loved it. I definitely appreciated a Meta that was well within our monolingual skill set this week!

[Cindy N]

On shore, after a stumble. But, righted myself and found what I needed.

[Trey]

Marion and I are on shore. Went there in separate boats but arrived about the same time........whew. Glad to have it done and enjoying the sand.

Luck to all.............

[rolias]

A fairly quick swim to shore for once.

[Olof]

Ashore! I loved this puzzle.

[Streroto]

Ashore

[Beth C]

Yikes! Will keep this in mind next time I’m tempted to move to the countryside! (which is fairly often of late - not dissin the country life!)

No countryside needed to see bears in Asheville. Those are likely city limit bears.

wowza!

I have family in Asheville. Bears roaming their neighborhood are pretty common.

[wb93]

Ashore. Nice one.

[Grover]

Ashore! I can't imagine designing these crosswords. It seems to me that they are more complex than developing the Theory of Relativity.

[FirstMax]

On shore

[SusieG]

I’m ashore! While having a late night chat with my son after his first day of work at his first summer job, I glanced at the crossword and saw the missing link. Count me as one impressed with the construction! How do they do it?