Day 159

AM Stats: Walked 2 hours, 3 minutes (6 1/4 miles)

When I left the house this morning, I was dragging. But, we ended up talking and losing track of time.

Good way to end our week.

PM Stats: Biked 1 hour, 35 minutes (14.1 miles)

Went with Hubby, Dad & Jay to ride bikes from the Burg to the otherside of the long tunnel.

The most interesting thing happened. Dad & Jay were exploring an old bridge base. It was approximately 20 feet high & a bit of a hill to climb. Well, a man on a 4-wheeler stopped to warn the adventurers that there was a den of rattlesnakes along the path just ahead.

Did we have enough sense to turn around? Nah!

Oh my goodness, it was fascinating.

The rock was easy enough to find. But, the snakes camouflage did it's job well. We finally started being able to see where they were hiding in plain sight. We would be fascinated with one, only to realize there was another coiled inches from the first. All in all, we found 7 rattlers. Some were black. Some were brown. Most were coiled, sunning themselves. One was hyper alert & rattled at us. It was so cool!

None of us had ever seen rattlers in the wild like that. Black snakes & copperheads, sure. But, never rattlers.

It was an amazing experience.