Oh, yikes! That would have had me on the ground (or in the water, swimming with the snake...)
On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Ranelle Rubin wrote:
Bruce,
I would like to see someone plant a bunch of King Snakes up there. One lady I know said her horse was drinking from Kaput Springs one day and a Rattler dropped out of the ferns into the water in front of his nose!!!
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. ~ John Wayne
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:05:37 -0700 > From:bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] Big Snake > > Hi D'Arcy-- > > You may have a point there, and you are clearly more compassionate > toward rattlesnakes than I am. However, there is no shortage of them > here, in fact there are trails I won't ride or hike in the depth of > summer due to their numbers. Because they are deadly, to humans and > horses alike, I think our first reaction in coming across one is one of > fight or flight. I'm betting the old man in the picture's first thought > wasn't: "Boy, the herpetologists are going to have a heyday with this > one!" Probably, he was thinking, "Where in the hell is my shovel!!!!!!!!" > The snake was heard as saying, "I may not be the baddest dude in the > whole desert, but I'm in the top two. And my Daddy is gettin' old." :> Dr Q > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net,http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer:http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribehttp://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
