Cuffs Random Wanderings & Ramblings

@Cuffs yah know the photo challenge this week is relaxation related, I’m kinda likin the bigass spider.

 

Good point, they just made my shit list as well.

 

Wait, spiders eat other bugs!!!!!?

Now I have to move!!!!!!!

 

Nice pics

 

Great pictures and thread idea! Keep em coming!

 

A few days away at Great Basin National Park with the Husband. Camped at Grey Cliffs CG, Hiked to Wheeler Peak at 13,063', with sustained winds about 40mph, gusts to at least 60+!

 

Beauteous! Thanks for sharing.

 

Another day at Great Basin National Park. This day we headed to the south end and hiked to Lexington Arch.

 

This kind of, but not really, shows how windy it was

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgE71FIGIgI

 

Big rabbits?

 

Looks like a cocoon of some sort...

 

Have not ID'd this turd yet.

 

Wererabits!

 

Another weekend at Cedar Breaks National Monument. I had an axe-ident there too...

 

Ouch! Glad it was only 3.............

 

I like chipmunks

Can’t like the last couple photos, oh crap, did you stitch it yerself

 

He (she?) was a cute little buggar. Never begged for food, just went about climbing the tree, cutting down pinecones, then gathering them to eat.

Did that on Saturday eve.

Chain of events:
splitting wood for kindling.
axe 'bounced', hit my knee.
looks at pants, now with large cut in them.
Get pissed new pants were ruined.
Realizes 'hmm. I wonder how far that goes? Did it cut me too?'
Rolls up pant leg. Yup, cut me too, now bleeding. And its on my pants... dammit.
Grabs closest -mostly sterile- thing, toilet paper. Wads and applies pressure.
Thinks 'do I drive over to camp host and have them all for the Ranger (Kyle, whom I know personally).
Drive to Visitor Center (3/4 mile) and have them call Kyle?
or... it cant be that bad, just bandage it.
TP now soaked thru. Drive to VC and call Kyle.
Kyle shows up. Laughs with me. Gives me stuff to clean and treat it so he doesn't have to write up a report.
Realizes that Im supposed to pick up Husband and friend at trailhead in about 5 minutes who were out hiking.
Drive to TH, tell above story to Husband and friend.
Debate, leave now to ER (30 minute drive, no telling how long a wait on a Saturday eve) OR go home tomorrow as planned, drop off teardrop camper at home, then drive to ER thats close to home?

Yup, bandage up, seal with duct tape, have a whisky, continue with campfire and general merriment as planned.

At ER, doc scolded me for not getting in sooner... whatever. From entry to exit it was only 2 hours. Not bad.
Rx for antibiotics (due to prolonged putting off treatment... again... whatever).
Sit around on Monday pretending to be lame, get husband to do chores and bring me any/everything I need. He catches on real quick that Im not that hurt. and my fun ends.

7-10 days with 3 stitches. Neighbor is trauma nurse. Think I'll just have her look at it and pull them...

 

Great story!!!!!!

 

Not bad for diy
I’d probably use super glue

 

I had the skin glue with me. But I knew that if I applied it then waited to go to ER 16+ hours later, I’d have been in for more than two hours and three stitches.