Wednesday, March 11, 2009

WORSE THAN LUNCH WITH CHENEY?

Picking up with yesterday's story when our heroine was rejoicing in idyllic jungle pleasure, despite getting lost and spending six grueling hours traiblazing her way through the Costa Rican jungle (I forgot to mention that I went off the path led by the siren song of howler monkeys)...
She sees with her own eyes, days later, that the very logs she used for balance, the forest detritis underfoot, the soothing waterfalls she dipped her feet in were ALL home to BOTHROPS ATROX known in Costa Rica as the fer-de-lance...neither name meaning much to her until a few nights later when a twilight tour guide points out the animal she so blithely ignored but will never, ever, ever toy with again: Costa Rica's dangerous PIT VIPER. So who's the shmuck now?
at 8:19 AM

3 comments:

  1. Is it better to know or not to know ahead of time. If someone had mentioned fer-de-lance, I would have known. I would have missed a good hike.
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  2. At least that snake in the grass, Mr. C, has no camo cover he can ever use again. That viper never pretends to be anything but what he/she is.

    So glad the story ended well for our heroine!
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  3. Yikes!! You had my heart pounding on that one and just when I thought your were on a "Hort Hike." Fer-de-lance, oh joy! Guess we need to appreciate what also "grows" in the flora, huh?
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