Comments on: Snake on the Trail!

By: zorg

zorg — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:52:46 +0000

My experience with rattlers on narrow trails is that if I stand at a safe distance and sprinkle water on them, they crawl away, possibly looking for cover from an approaching storm. The only problem is trying to throw enough water to simulate incipient rain rather than hitting them with a big blob that makes them suspect another cause—I’ve been lucky so far.

By: levonne

levonne — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:22:25 +0000

We had snakes all over Tucson Arizona where I spent the last fifteen years. Camp hosting now in Central Coast California and have only seen a couple non-poisonous snakes. I like the change. If you have a minute, come on over and visit my two blogs: A Camp Host Housewife’s Meanderings and Levonne’s Pretty Pics. Thanks.

By: Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:15:10 +0000

We've had a few encounters with snakes over the years.

We had our second encounter with a rattler last year in Mesa Verde near the campground on Knifes Edge Trail, which I wrote about in a post titled, simply,
rattler.

Our first encounter was a Badlands National park in South Dakota in August 2007. This one was quite a bit more unnerving as it was relatively short trail with a mommy and a child on the trail:
Mommy!… Look at me!

Even more scary, though, was an encounter with a copperhead on the Rim Trail of Mount Nebo State Park near here in Arkansas. It was on a rock along the trail about head level as we were climbing a set of rock stairs.

In the Ouachita National Forest south of there, we were walking a small trail from the Spring Lake campground to the swimming area back in the late 80s when Karen was startled by a small green snake on a branch close to her head.

We'll be hiking the trails this summer -- just like always.