Chisos Mountans

Actually, that trouble was quite a while ago, maybe about 2005 or so. But I like to put little anecdotes in my discriptions when they seem (slightly?) relevant, as essentially, Lightroom is my personal photo album, with comments for myself, as well as others. It's good to warn people of environmental hazards they may not notice. No more sandals in the desert for me! I was just hopping out of the car to take a panorama on the shoulder, and then decided to walk a little off the road when the aguave bit me. It felt about like a wasp bite, so it was painful, but only for a short time. The mental effect was a bit of a shock, however. I had little pain from the thorn in my toe, but it was about 1/2 inch that would just not pull out without surgery, and I'm diabetic, so I didn't want to risk infection. There are lots of spikes in this photo, though it was about 10 miles from this location I actually met the aguave. But at the top of this road is the ranger station where I tried going for a good set of tweezers. From now on, I'm going to carry a good set of surgical tweezers. But in this case, more was required because of the barbs. They gave me a local anesthetic and the surgery was quite painless after that. I'll never forget it, though because I was waiting hours for them to help me, after a drive of several hours. They were delaying me as they prepped to be ready for a plane or helicopter to fly in a biker with a head injury who had crashed without a Texas. Even with a plane, it took hours to get him to that hospital, if he made it at all. So wear shoes, and also a helmet!