For Labor day, we went on a 3 mile hike through a state park called Paynes Prarie which is 10 miles outside of Gainesville. It was hot and muggy outside, but we were up for a little adventure, or so I thought...
We came across one of these. It was the biggest spider we'd ever seen.It spanned Jonathan's hand. It made my skin crawl
Sidenote: The reason I'm looking off in the distance is that I heard sudden rustling in a swamp 25 feet away. We had just passed a sign that said:
"Don't feed the alligators. $500 fine"
If the previous photo was a little too disturbing.Here is something to calm your fears.
Awwww. Butterflies in Love.
Eeeek!
In high school biology I was assigned to collect insects and mount them.
This little guy would have been the envy of the class.
Guaranteed "A+"
Halfway through the hike we looked up, and to my horror, spiders were hanging from the canopy of trees right over our heads. They were in all directions. We had no choice but to walk under them.
I began shrieking. Jonathan rolled his eyes.
"You're overreacting," he said.
He counted them. 35, 36, 37....gigantic spiders.
"Awesome!" He exclaimed.
I thought I was going to faint.
Now, to be fair, I was expecting Florida to be buggy, and it isn't.
To my surprise, there are many lizards and bats, but until now, I haven't seen anything unusal or an overpopulation of creepy crawlies or mosquitoes.
We finally made it out alive and survived to blog about it.
We had the summer of a lifetime. Hope yours was great too!
Awwww. Butterflies in Love.
Eeeek!In high school biology I was assigned to collect insects and mount them.
This little guy would have been the envy of the class.
Guaranteed "A+"
Halfway through the hike we looked up, and to my horror, spiders were hanging from the canopy of trees right over our heads. They were in all directions. We had no choice but to walk under them.
I began shrieking. Jonathan rolled his eyes.
"You're overreacting," he said.
He counted them. 35, 36, 37....gigantic spiders.
"Awesome!" He exclaimed.
I thought I was going to faint.
Now, to be fair, I was expecting Florida to be buggy, and it isn't.
To my surprise, there are many lizards and bats, but until now, I haven't seen anything unusal or an overpopulation of creepy crawlies or mosquitoes.
We finally made it out alive and survived to blog about it.We had the summer of a lifetime. Hope yours was great too!
4 comments:
Dan would have been rolling his eyes at me too..but, I don't know how Will would have reacted. Will + Spiders = fear and tears! It's soo good to see you guys! We always wondered how life was going for you..congrats! Dr. Florida isn't too shabby!
Can I just say that TX and Florida must be cousins, just like us! I feel like I'm battling the jungle just to go for a small walk. Those are huge spiders!
OK I need you to know that those spiders are sick. I looked down at my heel after I read your post because it felt like a spider was there. When I was in Florida, I remember going on a walk and finding the same thing ... at the end of the walk, however, there was a severed alligator head. I don't know what i strong enough to sever an alligator's head from its body and leave it there but there it was. Isn't Florida lame and cool at the same time? If you ever feel homesick you can tell yourself that perhaps a bit of Brittny is left in the air and that I have seen the same places you have.
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