Picnic in the canyon (check)
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| lunches packed |
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| friends packed |
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| This was awesome...it was like "The Little Critter" book. This spider crawled up on his shoulder and stayed there for most of our hike |
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| Syd's 2nd time catching a butterfly |
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| AAAAND. a rattlesnake. |
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| The rattler |
LUCKILY.....I was the only one who was by this snake.
Spencer fell and scraped his knee so our time was cut short. I ran down a short path to the picnic tables to retrieve our lunch bags and garbage while the kids buckled up. As I ran back with arms full I heard a rattle and immediately stopped. When I looked down, 1 ft away from me was this guy. So I of course called for the camera and took a picture. When I walked up the trail a little my water bottle that I had balanced on the pile of bags and garbage fell and he started to coil up....(not like a tight coil...but he bundled up a little...the above picture) I know it's REALLY hard to see....but if you look close at the leaf in the middle right that comes about half way across the picture....you can see his chin resting on the leaf. His one black eye.
Pretty exciting.
We came home and went to a neighbors house to see a dead tarantula in a glass box and her very alive gecko. :)
Fun day !
