I am with you. After having my horse do a 180 on a section of the Tevis trail just uphill from Kaput Springs after running into a Rattlesnake...there are plenty to go around these hills, thanks.
Even when I tried scaring it off the trail so we could get by, it came toward us...we decided our goal of riding from Foresthill to the Swinging Bridge and back was not to be had that day..:(
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/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
