Rambling...

Went for a hike on Monday to take advantage of my laptop’s 6hr battery and write some emails while overlooking the mountains and the plains. I started worrying about snakes in the long grass half way up. I turned off my headphones so that I’d be able to hear the rattle if any approached – although I’m not entirely sure what I would have done if one did. How do you defend yourself against a snake without a flame thrower? Still, they must have all been sleeping because the worst I had to contend with was a swarm of midges.


After a couple of contemplative hours I descended. The sun was setting and I didn’t want to have to navigate down in the dark, that would have made me easy pickings for a stealthy mountain lion. Come to think of it, I’ve still not seen any snakes or lions – I wonder if that’s just what they tell all the foreigners…

Pretty pretty eh?