re: #649 Slumbering Behemoth

I spent the night sitting in a Nevada desert drinking warm beer ‘cuz my traveling companions (the one driving, anyway) wanted to pull off to the side of the road and get some sleep.

I couldn’t sleep, so I walked several hundred yards out and sat there drinking and looking at the stars. So many to see when there is no modern light source around to much it up.

It wasn’t ‘till just after sunrise that I realized I was surrounded by tarantula burrows, and sure enough I spent the night sitting right on top of one. Probably scared the poor little critter half to death, staring at my arse all night.

they are harmless and even friendly if you can believe it…there is one living just off my patio not 25 feet from where I’m sitting…they are very shy