Swamp Tour

Yesterday, we went on the much anticipated swamp tour. In a last minute change of plans, the entire camp went instead of splitting up by age groups between Wednesday and Thursday. As usual, I'm not sure the duration of the ride because I was asleep. However, I was awake to see the camper next to me slide off the side of her seat and halfway into the aisle before awaking in a start. If you've seen Inception, you know why this made me think about that movie.

The tour itself was pretty interesting. Our tour guide was extremely immemorial and bland. He seemed tired, bored and the sign informing us that tips were welcome seemed more ironic than sincere. We did, however, see lots of wildlife. I took pictures (as I always do on field trips) but not many came out properly as I took the day to experiment with manual focus. Surprisingly, the alligators we saw were less interesting than the graveyard grasshoppers. These monsters were four inches long, jet black and looked like they meant business. Four inches may not sound like a lot but go look one up on Google. If you're too lazy, look at your palm. If you held one, it would overlap no matter how you positioned it.

Back on shore, we headed straight for the shaded lunch area. Before we could eat, a table of kids began screaming like the Dickens and running around wildly. One of the grasshoppers was lurking on the underside of their table. Their reaction is unsurprising. I would freak out too if a bug the size of my face decided to eat lunch with me. Lunch - and the rest of the day for that matter - was relatively uneventful. I slept on the ride back. The camper next to me nearly fell out of her seat again.