After rattling around with the rattlesnake a couple of weeks ago we
thought our hiking adventures with reptiles was over. Oh, how wrong we
were!
For our trip to Medicine Rocks State Park Hubby had loaded the Rattlesnake chaps into the back of the car but upon arrival he decided they weren't necessary. Off we went hiking on trail and in grassland, totally enjoying the walk and the view. It was fun looking at the rocks and interpreting what they looked like to us. A teepee, lizard's head, human head or heart, knowing at a different time of day with a different angle of the sun on the rocks we would have seen totally different images.
Also in the park there are supposed to be pictographs drawn by the early Native Americans. They were hard to find because the rocks have been defaced over the years but we thought we found one set. Hubby saw a Native American Chief in the lower left corner and I saw a sunset/sunrise in the same scene.
After our pictograph sighting Hubby was on a mission. We hiked up and down hills, winding around
rocks, hoping to find another early drawing. Hubby was walking toward a
reddish color on some rocks ahead, and I was about four feet behind him. Carefully
keeping a watchful eye on where I was walking, looking side to
side and then up a few feet ahead, side to side and few feet ahead, side to
side... AAAAAAAAH!!! Just a few feet ahead Hubby was STEPPING ON A
PILE OF SNAKES!!!
Without a moments thought I screamed, "G%$ D#$* IT!"
He began turning around and started, "WhaAAAA!..." but before he could get just one word out, he could feel something moving under his left foot! Looking down he did a quick jig and hopped off the bundle of snakes.
I had yelled at Hubby without even thinking and as I closed my mouth I realized the snakes weren't rattling - so they were bull snakes not rattlers!
In the end there were three, four to five foot bull snakes in the pile.Hubby stepped on. It was a cool morning and they were probably trying to stay warm until the sun warmed them. But when Hubby stepped on them they freaked and went in three different directions, one even literally went into reverse and disappeared into the bushes. I'm seriously done with snakes!
For our trip to Medicine Rocks State Park Hubby had loaded the Rattlesnake chaps into the back of the car but upon arrival he decided they weren't necessary. Off we went hiking on trail and in grassland, totally enjoying the walk and the view. It was fun looking at the rocks and interpreting what they looked like to us. A teepee, lizard's head, human head or heart, knowing at a different time of day with a different angle of the sun on the rocks we would have seen totally different images.
Also in the park there are supposed to be pictographs drawn by the early Native Americans. They were hard to find because the rocks have been defaced over the years but we thought we found one set. Hubby saw a Native American Chief in the lower left corner and I saw a sunset/sunrise in the same scene.
Without a moments thought I screamed, "G%$ D#$* IT!"
He began turning around and started, "WhaAAAA!..." but before he could get just one word out, he could feel something moving under his left foot! Looking down he did a quick jig and hopped off the bundle of snakes.
I had yelled at Hubby without even thinking and as I closed my mouth I realized the snakes weren't rattling - so they were bull snakes not rattlers!
Later, I told Hubby I hoped he'd realized how instinctively I'd tried to save his life, really without him WHO would I "social distance" with??
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