Check This Bad Boy Out

So Bill & I are walking up a bank to step over the edge and onto the beach.  This gorgeous spider was just sitting there hoping some lunch would hop or fly into her web.  To give you some perspective - it was the size of my hand.  I didn't have the nerve (or maybe I'm not a big enough idiot) to put my hand near for the perspective shot.  A couple of our friends walked the same path as we fished together for the afternoon.  They didn't notice this spider...how could you miss it?