Alrighty, so lately I have been working on my own project looking for signs of river otters on some of the rivers up here. By doing this I am walking on all four sides of the bridges that cross my specific river that I am working on looking for their latrine sites. (they supposedly like to go near bridges and things out of the ordinary...) However, the rivers I have been working on have been very relentless. As you will see in the pictures the vegetation is VERY thick and hard to walk through and there are a lot of steep cliffs. I have been walking on the edges of these cliffs because the latrine sites are typically right there on the edges. But since the vegetation has been so thick I haven't been able to see where exactly I am stepping. There have been countless times when I blindly would step and then fall into some random hole and almost break my leg or almost fall off of the cliffs or into the river. It just so happens that the other day I was walking on the grass by the river (the vegetation wasn't bad at all there) and one spot of grass I stepped on didn't have any earth beneath it, instead it was water. Yes, I fell into the river. The crazy part is that the river was probably ankle deep all over EXCEPT for the one spot I fall into. I found the one deep hole in the river. It went up mid chest on me. Ahhh. And I previously had decided to carry my phone with me incase I did fall into a hole or something and break my leg so I could try to call for help. Well, it turned out that I couldn't call for 'help' because my phone is now practically broken. What a disaster....
The picture of the cliff I'm guessing is 15-20 feet even though it doesn't look like it.
The picture of the vegetation is actually over my head there.
And yes, the farmers tan. The same day I fell in the river I was driving the 4-wheeler ALL day and totally forgot to put suntan lotion on. I was already pretty dark from the summer but this made it a little worse =)
3 comments:
wow, that IS a pretty wicked looking line of demarcation. maybe you SHOULD consider markering the white part. =} it was nice to see the update!!
Holy farmers tan!! That's one of the worst ones I've seen. I maybe wouldn't plan to go swimming right when you get back from your internship - you might scare people away. =) Just kidding.
That's a crazy story about what you've been doing. Thanks for sharing. I have to say you're way braver than I am. I could never just step blindly anywhere when I'm walking near cliffs. =)
hmm...that all is sounding a little dangerous to me. does your cell phone even get coverage out there??? is there another way to call for help? be careful please!!!
and yes, that is the worst farmers tan i have ever seen. maybe you should consider a little sun bathing without a shirt on in your free time...seriously...you just need to blend a little.
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