Attack of the bees
Wendy and I went to Mary’s Peak today. It’s located about 30 minutes west of Corvallis. The road is like a rollercoaster. If you have issues with motion sickness this road is not for you! We parked about 9 miles from the summit. I got out of the car and proceeded to the “get an envelope, write down your info, pay $5″ station when I was attacked by bees. At first there was a loud hum whick quickly became a roar. I was wearing my SF MOMA t-shirt with the orange logo — I must have looked like a large orange flower. I ran away from the car as quickly as I could. I’m not very fast so the bees had no problems staying close to me. I zigged. I zagged. It was no use. I was about 50 ft. from the car so I asked (yelled at) Wendy if she could open the car. She unlocked the passenger side behind the driver and I dove in as quickly as I could. A quick bee check revealed that none of the bees had made it into the car. Wendy informed me that I had had at least 5 – 6 bees pursuing me! I was very winded! We then drove up to a safer area and parked the car. We were half way up the trail to the summit when we both were dive bombed by more angry bees. I asked Wendy if she had sprayed us both with honey. The bees were quick but our quick wits told us that the forest was our only hope (we had been in a grassy medow). The forest provided shade and the bees left due to an apparent lack of pollen and/or we were now boring to them…
As we neared the summit, we came upon a flower lined gravel road. We started walking up the road when once again a pack of angry bees started swirling around our heads. A bee landed on my leg and one of them got stuck for a moment in Wendy’s hair. I started to get really angry and started running up the hill. It was more of a trot but it was exhausting. Wendy calmly proceeded up the hill. Apparently she is immune to bee venom. I finally reached the top. It felt like I had run a marathon. Towards the end of this run, I had resigned myself to the idea that the next bee that lands on me is going to die even if I get stung. I couldn’t take any more bee mind games. What a day. The view from the summit was amazing. I took some pics (sans bees) from the camera phone. Enjoy!
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hey eric–these pictures are pretty amazing, considering they were taken from a phone…awesome job!
Danielle
10 Aug 05 at 6:51 am
These photos are from a camera phone? They look very nice. I have digital cameras so I don’t buy phones with cameras, but if I could find a phone with a camera that sharp in image I could be cinvinced to buy it.
sqzinator
16 Oct 06 at 10:49 am
Yes. I used a Samsung SCH-A890 (on Verizon). I had forgotten the camera and my phone takes amazingly clear photographs.
Eric Stoller
16 Oct 06 at 5:01 pm