The Week in Review and the Sunday Nature Chat

The Two Bro’s (they had a collective name at one time, but I forgot it) and Diana Daggers continue their illegal descent into Peligroso Cave, in or near Lost Forest (remember, it had been sealed by Ranger Shaw because of flooding danger). Well, Diana hung back out of a sense of self-preservation, which angered Cricket Bro at what he considered her cowardice. Little did he know …!

There was the usual bickering going from both sides of the cave. Brother Jadsen decided he would provide close-up video with his phone, while Diana shot her video from the mouth of the cave. As Cricket Bro did a spot commercial for his Cricket Bars and then bragged about his cave prowess, the cave floor suddenly opened up, causing him to fall half-way through. His foot got caught in something that prevented him from lifting himself out. While Jadsen tried to calm Cricket Bro, Diana did an online search for local cave rescue resources (at least she was near the entrance, so she had a signal). But then, who popped up in the search results, but Mark Trail!

Unlike Mark’s cave escape episode (Arachnid Ho!), which ran for over six months, this looks like it’s going to be a “short story” adventure. It only began on August 3rd and it’s already time to bring Mark in to make the rescue. Well, I think it there has to be something more than Cricket Bro getting his ankle stuck. So I think Jules Rivera will have to up the ante by introducing something a lot more dramatic, like Jadsen also falling through the floor, or maybe the cave to start flooding from water escaping up through the flooring that gave way, trapping Cricket Bro. If that was to happen, we might even see Diana, still tethered to her safety rope, attempting to go down and pull the idiots back up, while waiting for Mark to arrive. Several rescue scenarios come to mind, right? Will any come to reality?

At first, I thought Mark had discovered an animal that was not on anybody’s endangered animals list. However, it turns out they are on lists in Ohio, Mississippi, Kansas, Tennessee, Texas, and Alabama. However, there is hope: Aligators, red fox, bald eagles, and white-tailed deer thrive!