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Every hiker will eventually have a "rattlesnake" moment. They're on the trail, and they see a rattlesnake (or bear or wild turkey or coyote or...) and they'll have this pause to assess danger & decide on the next step(s).
When we were visiting Dinosaur National Monument around July 4th, we discovered that it wasn't just humans that have that moment.
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We took Beanbutt, I mean Baldy (our stuffed Bald Eagle) with us to Yosemite this weekend. I stuck him in my shoulder bag when walking back from our tent at Curry Village to the car. En route, I get stopped by a Prius driver who whispers to me: "Psst, lady, did you know that there's a bald eagle in your bag? Don't worry, I won't tell the rangers!" and then drives off.
It made Baldy's day. At least until we stuck him in the window of the car and let him terrorize everyone trying to get onto Shuttle Stop 14 in Curry Village.
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It was a complete and utter success. I was very pleased with Mike & Leo, who came out, saw more nesting areas than we had, and went to obliterate them.
Once the smell has dissipated a bit more, I will take advantage of the 80+(!!!) day and sit with my foot propped up outside for a bit.
Turns out that the moron was not the owner, like I thought, but the owner's nephew/business partner. The owner was pre-warned by our Management people that I was Not. Impressed. the last time I dealt with this company, and we talked for a few. He listened to my incidents, mentioned he'd had another complaint about him (with a stern talking to), and said that the nephew would not be coming back here.
Wasps are not fun under normal circumstances. They are certainly not fun to deal with when you're not supposed to be out of bed, and you have one on the bedroom side of your balcony door.
Fuckers.
That one is now dead. The association has been called to send out the Goon SquadPest Control. If that idiot from the pest people tells me again that I must "learn to live with nature" I will kick his ass from here to Oregon, even with my bandaged foot. I will also be making sure that the board terminates his contract with our association. There's living with nature, and then there's having wasps in your house, and your balcony unusable because the wasps consider it a second home.
His laziness/incompetence is going to be a major problem for him if he doesn't decide to actually look for nests this time.
Lying with my foot up is driving me crazy. And killing my back. DVDs only distract me for so long, so I've been working on cleaning up & uploading more pictures to Flickr.
Westwater Canyon, in Moab, Utah, where we went white-water rafting a few years ago was put up on the 17th.
Why, by putting up around 200 pictures at once! Mind you, they're all from 2008, because that's what I have already prepped from photoshop. Hopefully my next burst of energy will come soon, and I'll prep some more. I want to get up that picture of the bacon formation from Jewel National Park. I'll even try to go from newer to older next time, so I get the 2010 pics up before the 2008 and lower.
talons / Rake your talons / Link
