Surprise!!!

It was definitely a weekend for firsts for me here in the park. Not only was that my first elk I've ever seen in the park (I've seen many more in my travels, and even got to view rutting season -- complete with "boinking" -- in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado), but look what I found in the booth's closet while rummaging for printer ink. Wo! Don't think this little guy didn't take me by surprise.


And I do mean little. I always figured scorpions would be about four inches long or so, but this guy was just over an inch, as you can probably tell by the scale of the laptop. He was really cute, but I was glad he was dead. I'll bet he could still pack a whallop with that little stinger of his, though. I took this shot -- a cropping of the above shot so you can click on it and get the maximum exposure -- this morning after leaving him right where he is so my co-worker Jim wouldn't miss him. [Oh, rats! I forgot to leave him a note warning him. Darn!]