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Ugh- o.k. my daughter who is a reptile
lover got very excited this a.m. when she realized  that Virginia
might have more to offer in the reptile department than Ontario ( Canada)
. ( I was asking her if she wants to come down with me in April for the
No Frills ride) she just got off the internet and happily informed me that
there are TWENTY kinds of snakes in Virginia ( though she assured me only
4 of them are poisonous) here lies the problem, I am absolutely terrified
of snakes, they are in fact the only thing that really scare me.... as
a matter of fact if you asked me to list the top three best things about
living in Canada number 1 or 2 would be the fact that we have almost no
snake population, and no poisonous little creatures, this is a huge selling
point as far as I am concerned. :-)
So what I want to know is how likely
is it that we will see a snake in the ridecamp or on trail in Virginia?
I am hoping that I am overreacting and am being kinda like a tourist  who
thinks as soon as they cross over the border they will see an igloo!? Anyway
please, please tell me I am being silly and that the chances of me seeing
a snake are as good as you finding an igloo? 
AND I bet my horse has never seen a
snake !! She is pretty calm ( now :-) ) but what is a horses general reaction
to snakes? AND before you make fun of me , I do know and can and have handled
bears on trail, but snakes???? AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!:-(
Chrystal
P.S> Anyone who is going to be at
the No Frills Ride and actually likes snakes , would you email me? I know
my daughter is going to be all over the place looking for some and right
after my fear of actually seeing one is my second one that my daughter
will find one and it will be poisonous!:-( However I would love for her
to find a nonpoisonous one , it would make her year! ( as long as she finds
it far, far away from me. :-))