When you set out on a trek the mind is usually focused on the destination. Stuff you’ll see or do when you get to the place you intended. The wonderful thing about taking that first step is that life often rewards you for it by serving up some cool and interesting sidebars.
And, of course, sometimes it forces you to squeeze out the ass end of a snake. Like in this video…
http://www.vimeo.com/9720543
Here’s what was waiting for me once I turned off the video camera…


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Quite honestly, just seeing that spider (venomous or not) would have stopped me in my tracks. You are a brave soul!
that's a big effin spider!!
Hahaha… my guess would be that had you pissed on that termite mound, you would have been swarmed by a bunch of pissed (haha) off termites.
The only enlargement may have been from an allergic reaction to a weird breed of termites?
hahaha.. just a guess though. I probably would have done it.