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Wednesday Jun 14, 2017 #
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Windy again today, now for 5 straight days.
While biking today, I encountered a gigantic water snake on the river bike path. Okay--the snake was probably not more than 2' long, but for around here, that is about as big as they get.
It feverishly tried to attack my front wheel, which was almost funny. I can't imagine what it thought it was going to accomplish. Really, I doubt it could have hurt the tender skin of a pinky finger, much less the Gatorskins on my wheels. Gatorsklns are warrantied to be bite-proof from alligators and even salt water crocs.
At length, it desisted and slithered off towards the snow-melt swollen waters of the river, which was kind of an odd choice for a cold blooded reptile. Surely the water this time of the year is icy cold.
When I got home, I called up the local newspaper, thinking this is the kind of exciting story they would want to run tomorrow on the front page, under a banner headline. But they didn't seem near as interested as I thought they would be. Apparently the serpent would have needed to have been a few inches longer to warrant that kind of coverage.
Feeling somewhat muffined by the whole experience, I then went running. There is still some snow left up top at Happy Jack at the eastern overlook off the Headquarters Trail, if you know where to look. And funny enough, just as I was stepping back form the snowfield, a snake crawled out from under a rock. It was huge! At least 2' 4" long....
One new tree had been blown down across a trail, either yesterday or today.
While biking today, I encountered a gigantic water snake on the river bike path. Okay--the snake was probably not more than 2' long, but for around here, that is about as big as they get.
It feverishly tried to attack my front wheel, which was almost funny. I can't imagine what it thought it was going to accomplish. Really, I doubt it could have hurt the tender skin of a pinky finger, much less the Gatorskins on my wheels. Gatorsklns are warrantied to be bite-proof from alligators and even salt water crocs.
At length, it desisted and slithered off towards the snow-melt swollen waters of the river, which was kind of an odd choice for a cold blooded reptile. Surely the water this time of the year is icy cold.
When I got home, I called up the local newspaper, thinking this is the kind of exciting story they would want to run tomorrow on the front page, under a banner headline. But they didn't seem near as interested as I thought they would be. Apparently the serpent would have needed to have been a few inches longer to warrant that kind of coverage.
Feeling somewhat muffined by the whole experience, I then went running. There is still some snow left up top at Happy Jack at the eastern overlook off the Headquarters Trail, if you know where to look. And funny enough, just as I was stepping back form the snowfield, a snake crawled out from under a rock. It was huge! At least 2' 4" long....
One new tree had been blown down across a trail, either yesterday or today.