Unfortunately, no photos. I had left the camera in the truck, for no other reason than I was grumpy at the people i was with and didn't want to have to talk to them about it
(i've been told i'm an 'alpha female' , and i think my non-peopleness kind of just goes with that territory)
thanks for the advice on snake bites. i'm not used to poisonous snakes at all, and i was kind of wondering what to do... now i know.
that brown recluse bite must have been fun. i've only heard what I saw on the internet (if you google 'brown recluse' there are some really nasty pictures of bites out there), but man- nasty, nasty.
I got got by a jellyfish pretty good last summer off the coast of mississippi. I was playing football, of all things (on the beach)- i ran into the water to catch the football and a jellyfish wrapped its little tentacle things around my leg. It took me a little while (a few seconds i guess) to shake it off- its almost like they got knotted around each other and my leg- and as soon as it was off, i started thinking... hmmm.... that was weird...what was that?.... it kind of...burns.... then i realized what had happened. not a big deal, really- foot and leg turned bright red, kind of looked like an allergic reaction (which, i guess in a way, it is). It was bearable, but i kind of had a long day after that. it was hot out, my leg burned, and i had to wait a couple hours for the ferry ride back home. I found scrubbing the stung area with sand was a good temporary relief. probably the wrong thing to do, but it seemed to make it feel better and it didn't kill me