The Journal of Jim and Joy Hadfield

Army Ants - On New Year's day Jim went to San Ramon, making his first river trip in the new casco and motor. While he was away, early one morning I got out of bed into my shoes and walked across the earth floor to make up Lucille's bottle of milk in the kitchen. The doors onto the back verandah were both shut, and before I could open one to get some daylight, I felt a strange sensation of something moving on my legs. Rushing back into the bedroom and throwing open that door,