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dwhike
on Oct 24, 2007 8:23 pm
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Arthur Digbee

Arthur Digbee - Oct 26, 2007 10:45 am - Voted 10/10

nice picture . . .

. . . if not for the hat!

Hope you had kids along to enjoy the snake.

dwhike

dwhike - Oct 26, 2007 11:04 am - Hasn't voted

Re: nice picture . . .

I'll ignore the hat comment...my heart goes out to you if you're an Irish fan...

Yeah, my boys were along with us. I had to do some convincing to get them to touch it. Scored myself some "Super Dad" points though picking up a "big, creepy" snake! :)

Arthur Digbee

Arthur Digbee - Oct 26, 2007 11:28 am - Voted 10/10

Re: nice picture . . .

I once spent a day in Missouri convincing my son that water snakes were harmless, and then he went off and found a copperhead. "It didn't look like the water snakes, dad, but I figured it was OK...."

dwhike

dwhike - Oct 26, 2007 2:18 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: nice picture . . .

That was one of my biggest fears when we lived down in NC. Luckly, there aren't too many this far north!

BobSmith

BobSmith - Nov 22, 2007 2:17 pm - Voted 10/10

Snakes

I've happened across many copperheads and rattlers here in NC, but have never felt as if I was in any danger. You just have to watch where you're going.

BTW, I also have never been to the Rockies. In fact, the only western peak I've ever been on was Mount Palomar in southern California.

dwhike

dwhike - Nov 22, 2007 10:56 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Snakes

I can't believe in all my time on the trail down there...especially with all the waterfalls I visited I never once spotted a snake. Of course, this may just because I wasn't paying close enough attention....

I'm glad I'm not alone on the Rockies thing...I was kinda waiting for an anonymous message stating "I'm sorry but since you've never been on a 'real' mountain we are going to kindly ask you to remove yourself from the SP community...you have no business here." :)

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