Day 4
Armadillo!!?? Just behind the tent! The wildlife is great at The Ridge. There are mosquitoes, turtles, gators, mosquitoes, bald eagles, nests made out of shells, snakes, more mosquitoes and even a few bears in remote parts of Florida. A handy tip - if you get snapped by a gator, roll with it so it can’t snap your arms and legs off then poke it real hard in the eye’s and it might let go and don’t forget to hold your breath. If it doesn’t don’t blame me. 3 Arrows has a web site showing some pics of what he saw with his big telescopic thing – check it out at http://www.jcarrimages.co.uk/
Not noticing the egg showers to much now but the blue lagoons are turning into small islands that look like volcanoes! The coffee is still American strong, am sure they add extra caffeine!
The weather was looking not promising with thunderstorms forecast and wind but we set up regardless and a task was task to Lake Placid. Ever seen the movie? Giant gators and all! Don’t know about poking that one in the eye, maybe squeezing his plumbs real hard might work. Luckily we didn’t get there due to the rain starting as the lead gaggle approached the first turn point and then sparklers falling out of the sky. I had awful flashbacks of Millau 2004 and wet glider landings! The guys at the back knew the task was canned when the lead guys went past them going the other way real fast! It was a good call from the safety committee and it was reassuring to know that there were no crazy people on the safety committee trying to get a task in for the sake of a task. This lesson has been learned so many times but still it happens!
Some of us at The Ridge this evening with more food than anyone could eat others went in search of the yellow arches. It was a real chilled evening with the sky clear and the most amazing natural firework display lighting up the cu-nims in the North. It made you not want to go to bed but needs must, work to be done n all.
Armadillo!!?? Just behind the tent! The wildlife is great at The Ridge. There are mosquitoes, turtles, gators, mosquitoes, bald eagles, nests made out of shells, snakes, more mosquitoes and even a few bears in remote parts of Florida. A handy tip - if you get snapped by a gator, roll with it so it can’t snap your arms and legs off then poke it real hard in the eye’s and it might let go and don’t forget to hold your breath. If it doesn’t don’t blame me. 3 Arrows has a web site showing some pics of what he saw with his big telescopic thing – check it out at http://www.jcarrimages.co.uk/
Not noticing the egg showers to much now but the blue lagoons are turning into small islands that look like volcanoes! The coffee is still American strong, am sure they add extra caffeine!
The weather was looking not promising with thunderstorms forecast and wind but we set up regardless and a task was task to Lake Placid. Ever seen the movie? Giant gators and all! Don’t know about poking that one in the eye, maybe squeezing his plumbs real hard might work. Luckily we didn’t get there due to the rain starting as the lead gaggle approached the first turn point and then sparklers falling out of the sky. I had awful flashbacks of Millau 2004 and wet glider landings! The guys at the back knew the task was canned when the lead guys went past them going the other way real fast! It was a good call from the safety committee and it was reassuring to know that there were no crazy people on the safety committee trying to get a task in for the sake of a task. This lesson has been learned so many times but still it happens!
Some of us at The Ridge this evening with more food than anyone could eat others went in search of the yellow arches. It was a real chilled evening with the sky clear and the most amazing natural firework display lighting up the cu-nims in the North. It made you not want to go to bed but needs must, work to be done n all.
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