OUCH!!!

In all the days that I have hiked here in the desert I have escaped from any real issues.  Today, I felt the smallest tinge and then extraordinary pain.  I don't know if I was stung or bitten but some little crappy thing got my ankle and it was absolutely ridiculously painful.  I actually stuck my dirty hand in my clean water for an ice cube to try and take away some of the sting.

The pain lasted about 4 hours but subsided after that.
The guides thought I would be ok and I am but geesh...that hurt!