The great outdoors
Over the past two days, I have actually spent a good deal of time outside and have gotten... gasp!... excercise!
On Friday, I went hiking at the Big Four Ice Caves with Liz, and then today, I went swimming at Madison Park and got stung by a bee. While it was painful, I got to try out the new technique I learned for removing the stinger. Instead of tweezing it out, which can pinch the poison sac and inject more venom, you simply scrape the stinger out by sliding a credit card across the site of the sting. It worked like a charm. I wound up with a very little welt and the pain was pretty much gone in about 15 minutes.
Here are some pics from Friday's hike.
Goblin Tree
One of many trees downed across the path.
Stream
Glacier ahead
The glacier
Beware, for death awaits with nasty, sharp, pointy teeth!
The view.
On Friday, I went hiking at the Big Four Ice Caves with Liz, and then today, I went swimming at Madison Park and got stung by a bee. While it was painful, I got to try out the new technique I learned for removing the stinger. Instead of tweezing it out, which can pinch the poison sac and inject more venom, you simply scrape the stinger out by sliding a credit card across the site of the sting. It worked like a charm. I wound up with a very little welt and the pain was pretty much gone in about 15 minutes.
Here are some pics from Friday's hike.
Goblin Tree
One of many trees downed across the path.
Stream
Glacier ahead
The glacier
Beware, for death awaits with nasty, sharp, pointy teeth!
The view.