Lessons learned from today’s adventures:

1. Neither of us are allergic to bees/wasps/hornets/whatever
2. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever- they all hurt the same
3. No amount of disaster preparedness can get you ready for stepping in a hornet’s nest
4. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever – they all hurt the same
5. Even if you think you blew out all your adrenaline earlier in the day, your body still has plenty left.
6. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever – they all hurt the same
7. A 44-year old woman can scale a 120ft vertical wet mud wall on adrenaline alone when there are hornets chasing
8. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever – they all hurt the same
9. Numerous stings to the head give you a splitting headache
10. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever – they all hurt the same
11. If you run through water fast enough, your feet don’t get wet
12. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever – they all hurt the same
13. An expensive camera is just dead weight when Mother Nature’s finest flying killers are hot on your tail
14. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever – they all hurt the same
15. People in the U.P. don’t even look at you funny when you wander into the bar covered in mud and hornet stings to get a drink
16. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever – they all hurt the same
17. Mountain lion, killer hornets, weekend on the couch watching TV next!
18. Bees/wasps/hornets/whatever – they all hurt the same
19. That is all