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I had 3 rides in a row about 2 weeks ago when I spotted horned toads. 2 tiny ones, and one the size of my hand. MF'ers are fast.

 

I can say that I haven't been on B* for at least a decade!

And I always pick up my shell casings.

 

That's why I use a wheel gun no casings to pick up. . . .

 

What the?!

 

He was praying just before injecting a poison into your finger. . .

 

That seems consistent with a lot of organized religion.

 

True.

 

I've got the sister in my driveway this morning.

 

Someone loves boat rides

 

@SnakeCharmer Catching some warmth on the road. We moved him to safer environs Pit viper FTW!

 

Back to childhood…..


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Copperheads are one of North America's most beautiful snakes.

 

He really is a textbook example, isn't he. Such a pretty animal. I had to wave off a car that probably would have run him over. People out here are so afraid of copperheads, when they really are pretty low on the danger scale. I've been out here 2.5 years now, and even with all the biking, hiking and trail running I do, this is the first adult I've seen.

 

I assume that there are rattlers and Moccasins out there as well. Which is the most commonly reported venomous species encounter out there?

 

Copperheads. They aren't particularly venomous, and the adults can even bite without injecting venom, but people here freak out about them. According to the Carolinas Poison Center, they receive 10x more calls about copperhead bites than all other snakes combined. I even read a post from a woman on NextDoor who was convinced that a copperhead chased and "attacked" her. What? LOL!

I see tons of rat snakes, and black racers (eastern racers). People don't understand that some snakes can slither faster than you can run. I see them on my bike and they are GONE!

 

Well, here's the thing. I have in fact been chased a short distance (15-20 feet) by a pissed off Mojave Green Rattler (and I deserved it). I don't know anything about Copperheads but I do know that some species of venomous snakes on multiple continents will charge after you or even chase you. I was told this about the Mojave Green and I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't experienced it myself.

 

Holly Molly. Wish I would've known that. My daughter & I pulled into camp with the travel trailer at the Dez. She 10 says Dad!! there's a big rattler right there "points to it". Big green one. We brought Snoopy (Basset hound) she would've tried to play with it. So I round shoveled it. The skin is on my Crocodile Dundee hat. We had butter, garlic sprinkle and season salt. Doesn't taste like chicken. We ate it like corn on the cob but it was boney like fish but very tasty. There were seven pieces, we flipped a coin for the last piece. I cheated.

 

My son at US Olympic Trials (far right)

 

Fine

 

Proof that bears do in fact, crap in the woods.

 

Feeling the intense electricity in the air!

 

I think it's dead.

 

Looks like a crime scene to me. Surprised there wasn't any yellow tape.

On the news tonight, the headlines might read "Electric scooter dismembered by angry anti-e-bike cyclists".

 

I emailed the company and told them their e-contraption was polluting the national forest. We'll see if they respond...

 

It's like the bike industry is just itching for new problems to solve. Next, we'll have "line assist," technology or, "collision deterrent," systems like our cars.

 

Hopey beat them to the punch by about 20 years. http://www.hopey.org/catalog.php

That thing doesn't look anywhere near cool enough for the bros to fawn over it.

 

I thought for sure it was April 1!

Couldn't you just overpack your steertube with grease and then overtighten the stem cap for the same result?

 

I'm waiting for someone to invent an autopilot system for my bike so that I can take a nap while it get's through the trail.

 

Stop apostrophe abuse now!

 

I'm still half asleep. That section of my post was supposed to say "...while it gets me through..."

But I like how it came out more betterer.