what would you do?

“okay, imagine you drove 1.5 hours to get to a trail...and then hiked in 1.5 hours to get to a cabin (no electricity) that you'd rented for 2 nights. when you get to the cabin, you discover like 500 spiders inside, including a giant web with a SNAKE caught in it (WTF!!!); mice; and an overwhelming stench of mold. AND the people who were at the cabin before you had drawn a pic of an enormous wolf spider they'd seen in the cabin. AND you're really afraid of spiders.

AND you don't have your tent, b/c instead you packed in a 12-pack of beer and a giant bottle of wine. LOL!

NOW, who would hike the hell back out and go home? ...just wondering!
:-D”

“Drink all the alcohol in a five minute time span and pass out.”

“WTF? Her Adorableness is spider bait?

I'd loose the flying monkeys on the spiders is what I'd do.”

“Twelve beers and a bottle of wine in five minutes? You really are a Yorkshireman, aren't you Ynami.”

“I would, heck six spiders and I'm gone!!!
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“Invite the spiders to share a beer or two. Maybe you could all be friends?”

“we did bring two monkeys, but they were no match for all those spiders! i think if i drank all the alcohol in 5 minutes, i still couldn't get the idea of waking up encased in a giant spider web with a snake in my ear and mice in all my crevasses out of my head. LOL!

ok we hiked back out. LMAO!

i mean, a SNAKE in a SPIDER WEB, INSIDE the cabin...seriously, WHAT the F!!!!”

“Monkey Spiders?”

“Make one of these on the floor and sleep in the middle.








”

“i thought maybe i was being a baby...but i don't really care, LOL.
:-D”

“I'd prepare to sleep outside. Drink the beers while looking for some wild mushrooms. Drink the wine after eating the mushrooms and wait for that spider to catch another snake.”

“Make tarpy stay awake all night trading on spiders, fending off snakes and mice?”

“In all honesty, I think I would have beat feet too. And demanded a refund.

What cabin was this?”

“HAHA, poisonous mushrooms sounds like a good plan. yeah, if only we'd brought a mosquito net, we would've gladly slept outside.

so what've you peeps been up to lately? :-) you cute little goobers you.”

“wow, a snake catching spider - you know he's bragging to all his friends!”

“Tarpy was just as afraid as i was, thankfully! LOL. it was a cabin along the AT...i mean it was only like $25 a night, but we did ask for our money back. what can you really expect for no electricity and $25 a night though? if we don't get it back, it's just a donation, no big deal!”

“i mean, a SNAKE in a SPIDER WEB, INSIDE the cabin...seriously, WHAT the F!!!!”
lyra


You've just described my basement! LOL!”

“So what did you do, lyra?”

“ok promise me you'll never keep me in your basement, Aero. :-D

we hiked the heck out!! we did have a nice backpacking meal first however, and Tarpy downed like 6 beers.”

“You rent a cabin for $25 a night, not expecting you just bought your way into a scene from Arachnophobia.”

“The spiders don't bother me so much. I probably would have just spent a little time cleaning them out. But the mold smell would really have gotten to me I think.”

“yeah, the roof leaked and the mattresses we were supposed to sleep on were totally moldy (of course we had our sleeping bags but no sleeping pads). even the log book was moldy/mildewy, LOL! i don't think there would've been any sweeping out the spiders, that place was big and had a really high ceiling with a loft that i wouldn't climb up onto for 50 million dollars.”

“so which PATC cabin was this?”

“do you think i should really post the name? i hope they don't sue me or something! LOL. anyhoo, it was the Myron Glaser.

ohhh well...learning experience! i said on the way there, "i hope we don't wish we'd brought our tent!" haha.”

“1. This reminds me of that children's book series with the bear family. The dad bear books this cabin and they drive forever to get there, only to discover the place is a wreck!

2. Actually, I think lyra is using metaphors to describe her visit to free's/mike's place, with mike in the role of the snake and free in the role of the overachieving spider.

3. Don't you bring along your dustbuster on these kinds of trips?”

“Pack in a bug bomb next time. Was it a whole snake or just the snakeskin? A nice sticky spiderweb would help a snake shed it's old skin.”

“Don't blame you for leaving, not too much fun sleeping in a place like that.”

“i did have a dream i visited Free & Mike once, Bowlder! their house looked nothing like this cabin, at least in my dream.
:-D

Tarpy's the one who saw the snake, treebait...he said it was squiggling around, so it was definitely the whole snake. maybe it was trying to shed its skin though, that would make sense! i didn't look at it...it was at that point that he said, "do NOT look over there; just let's get our stuff and get out!!" HA.”

“yay, well i'm glad no one's calling me a big baby!”

“You can sue for anything, but winning the lawsuit may not be as easy as filling out the forms. I trust that what you have reported is true. If so, you should have no troubles from the owner.
Being a camper, you should be able to handle some of the stuff which you discribed. The moldy matresses are another issue. One big wet spot. Well, two matresses, 2 big wet spots. Sleeping on a wet spot is not enjoyable, but I've found that I am to tired to care about it if there are 2 or more wet spots.
I would like to see a photograph of the snake in question.”

“

yay, well i'm glad no one's calling me a big baby!
lyra
11:16:27 AM
8/24/05

But we are all thinking it!





lol, j/k
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“I mean you're doing this for fun, not some sort of fear factor audition.”

“2. Actually, I think lyra is using metaphors to describe her visit to free's/mike's place, with mike in the role of the snake and free in the role of the overachieving spider.

BowlderMan
12:09:59 PM
8/24/05
ignore this user


LOL


no offence to lyra, mind you, but i never thought of her as such a talented allegorist before”

“Didja see any of these guys in there?

”

“If it were Fear Factor, she would either have to sleep with the snake or eat the spiders.”

“I found this one outside our back door....”

“no black widows to be seen. i'm sure they were lurking out of sight though, waiting to snuggle up with me in my sleeping bag!
;-)”

“I would have finished wacthing the movie until the dude got eaten by the spider and the cute girl narrowly escapes death and gets away just in the nic of time....


I love Cheesey horror flicks!”

“Watching a cheesy horror flick and starring in one in real life are two different things, IMO.”

“Place 1001 dead flies in one corner and sleep in the opposite corner.

Of course :)”

“well i prefer the term "ravishing," but i suppose "cute" will do in a pinch.”

“I would have finished wacthing the movie until the dude got eaten by the spider and the ravishing girl narrowly escapes death and gets away just in the nic of time....


I love Cheesey horror flicks!"”

“that's funny.

when i'm pinched i usually say "ouch"”

“May be you just have not been pinched the right way...”

“I thought it was "adorable."”

“you posted this on the wrong thread, it should have been on the "Ideas for a backcountry story..." thread”

“cool :) Id poke the spiders and have fun with them. Spiders rawk! :D”

“It's all fun and games until somebody gets caught in a web and eaten!!”

“What? Her Ravishingness? Not quite the same as Her Adorableness.”

“ACK! I would've stood rooted to the spot as soon as I saw the snake. Then Birch would've pushed me out the door and we'd have hiked out and gone to a hotel.

No monkey should have to take on a snake in a spiderweb!”