An Unexpected Guest

Today, Lucas and I had a companion at Dark Waters:

We all got along well, even though she didn't bring a pad. Come to think of it, she wasn't too keen on spotting, either.

Made you look, Asher...

Neither of us had ever seen a black widow before, and we were both excited and terrified. Several things surprised me:
1) that she was at Dark Waters.
2) that she was so big.
3) that her hourglass was so vivd. I didn't adjust any settings on these photos; she's all natural.

It's great that climbing gives one the opportunity to be in the natural world (not that Clear Creek really exists in the natural world...) and come across such unexpected sights. Somehow, I don't think I'd have seen this if I was into racquetball.