Since I'm still almost presentable in public, I accepted
when I was invited to canoe the Everglades. I love me some Everglades!
=)
My Sensei has a gazillion people visiting from Germany somehow, so there was
a big party of us going, including 2 students who are testing for their
black belts. That's dedication --- flying transatlantic to test for
that.
This would be my opportunity to go and NOT have to paddle.
Yay!! I sat in the middle between Galahad and Uli and quickly learned
the German word for spider. Crikey! We had tons of them. /shudder We drove up to Jupiter and canoed the
Loxahatchee River, which I later learned (thank you Google) means river
of turtles. We saw only one gator but tons of
turtles as we canoed
through this gorgeous Cypress Swamp. It was completely different from
what I expected but so amazing. It was also much longer than I
expected, lasting 6 hours plus 2 hours driving time. I was exhausted
and I paddled maybe only 10 minutes or so. Yes, I wore a hat and
slathered on sunscreen (even though I think it's poisonous). We
stopped at
Trapper Nelson's for our picnic lunch, and I chatted up the Park Ranger
there. Holy shit, she lives out there full time. It must be so
incredible and so scary at the same time. Plus, I'd go bonkers without
the Internet.
All of that nature gave me a mind-shattering migraine. I think I
might have been allergic to the vegetation or maybe it was just too much
heat for too long. It turns out I might be sensitive.
:p
Two Imitrex and off to sleep with an ice-pack on my head.
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