Caddyshack & Gophers

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I lost it with the gopher and rabbit holes this weekend to the point that I looked longingly at AstroTurf websites. Sadly, the regulations for my community prohibit all things AstroTurf so it's back to contemplating why the gophers only did on the back side of my fence and not on the HOA nicely maintained front side.

What is it that separates one identical patch of dirt from another in a gopher's mind? Now I'm not to the dynamite the backyard point but I wonder when I will be pushed over the edge?

And if I remember the end of Caddyshack correctly, the gopher won the war.

Such is the joy of homeownership and the backyard nature channel.

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