Giant Spider Puts Boat's Crew in Peril

Last Thursday, before I fell into Rick's channel, Kevin, Kelly, Liz and I were put in peril as we discovered the biggest darn spider any of us had ever seen hitching a ride below the boar platform by the engine.

Kevin and Kelly were sitting in the back of the boat when I noticed her looking very intently at something at the stern (boat talk) of he boat.


DEAR SPIDEY

I inquired and she said she though she saw the biggest spider she'd ever seen in her life. We all adjourned to the stern (back for you non-nautical types) and took a look. Between the open spots of the swimming platform, we could see three HUGE legs and part of a hairy body. Definitely the biggest spider any of us had ever seen.

I took the oar and pushed the edge of it into the slit and the spider quickly left, but we figured it must be somewhere under the platform which was above the water. We all gathered at the rear and submerged the platform completely for about five minutes.

When we left the back of the boat, we saw no evidence that the spider was still there, but no one volunteered to do a hand sweep under it for some reason. Kevin and Kelly, however, moved up to the middle of the boat and the whole rest of the cruise, everyone kept a wary eye to the stern.


SHAMU KILLS THE SPIDER (or perhaps scared it off)

We dropped them off at their home on the lake and went back to Rick's channel. Then came the unfortunate oops and I fell into the water near the swim platform. If we didn't drown it earlier, this definitely must have made spidee consider new abodes.
It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's Shamu the Whale.

That Sure Was ONE BIG Spider. --RoadDog


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