Hiking + Blisters = Owwww

I go to rent a car on Saturday morning and they are out of cars, WTF?!  It IS a holiday weekend, but I do recall renting a car on Easter weekend and getting one.  They said to come back in a hour and they'd have one....fine.  Rather than sit and be bored I walked down the street to the park and you are NEVER EVER EVER going to believe what I saw.  Let me remind you that is in a park (not the zoo) about 1/4 mile from my apartment.

THIS IS A PYTHON EATING A BAT....I am 100% not kidding!!!!  How in the world a slow snake caught a bat that flys is beyond me, but I will be asking at work tomorrow how this is possible.  Was this bat injured and on the ground, was he separated from his friends and family and wanted to commit suicide, I just don't know - but I do know this...I'm glad it ate the bat and not me!

Then about 5 feet away was his traveling companion on the other side of the fence.  See him at the bottom left and then he is slithering up to the right of the tree.  People have told me that there are python's in the park, and not that I think they are liars, but now I believe them.  What a great start to my day I must say.  My anger with Avis (rental car company) soon disappeared.  

Next on the agenda, another hike up in the Glass House Mountains.  Started out by climbing the Mt. Tibrogargan Summit which I had been told you could only hike to a certain point before you needed gear, so I thought cool--I'll hike to that point and turn around.  Path started out like a normal hike and then I come to this sign....

Everyone else was still climbing so I thought, why not--I'll keep going too (what a terrible thought, right)?  Lots of rocks to climb up but it wasn't to bad.  I then get to a part where you have climb up this rocky wall to the summit.  There were others that had done it but it was a bit too risky and there was a sign that said you needed gear to go any higher so unfortunately I have no pictures to show you of the view since I turned around and went back down (go ahead and call me names, I was just too chicken and I value my life).  

Decided to do the Mt. Tibrogargan circuit instead because I knew I would come out alive at the end.  This was the beginning of the path which looked nice and inviting to me.

Cool rock photo!

First rental car with a sunroof, how could I resist taking a picture standing up through it:)

Next on the hiking list was the Mt. Beerburrum lookout which was only 700 meters (which I thought, this will be easy), but needless did I know that it was a vertical concrete hike that I almost didn't make.  I had to stop every 100 feet or so because it was so steep.  For a while I had to tiptoe and lean over because it was so difficult.  I did make it to the top which was worth the effort because check out these views!

Going down was easier but I took baby steps and took my time.  There were people I saw in flip-flops doing it, there is no way in hell I would have made it.  When I got home and took a shower I saw that I had dime size blisters on the pads of my feet and boy do they hurt.  Boo on blisters:( I'll live though, no worries!