--- Mark W Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hee ha! Snakes.. you gotta love them.
Well..only cuz I gottah!
Given a choice I pass on the belly crawl'n critters.
I have wraped a Python across my sholders and helped
rescue a "pet" Boa from a Sea Scouts parked car..
But grow'n up in the desert country made me sortah
shy of tangle'n with a Ratt'ler.. I've seen the
result of a Mohave Green bite and the poor feller
had his leg swell up like a pumpkin!
> This wed night at RR. A Python and a King snake
> will make their
> appearance and also 2 dinner guests! A coworker has
> these two snakes and
> is going to bring them in and talk about them while
> these two dinner
> guest (rats) are well lets put it nicely invited for
> dinner!!!
Yupperz.. The boys love that stuff, untill they
have to get the wound scrubed and a tetnis shot.
>
> Our boys seem to be fascinated by snakes, lizards
> frogs turtles. At Pow
> Wow. I would imagine I was shown at least 35 of
> these critters the first
> day until they started coming in the mess tent with
> one in each hand
> wanting my approval as to a cool catch... I
> squelched the fun with anyone
> caught with a reptile in the camp boundaries would
> cause all of us to
> loose swimming for that day.... Next few minutes
> came a frog... I stand
> corrected he was an amphibian....grrrrrrh! GRIN!
> "NO CRITTERS" was the
> cry!
>
What.. no bugs banned as well?
My son was impressed in Mo. by fly'n a
"june bug on a string<G>"
> When we went to the Lake of the Ozarks for our Pow
> Wow swim each day we
> saw several snakes right where we were swimming.
> After some strong
> urging on my part to "LEAVE THE SNAKE ALONE" we were
> able to enjoy our
> swim with no mishaps.
>
Yah... right<G>
*They stay on the surface and you just don't
worry??? (*shiver..)
> In 2 weeks we head towards the Buffalo River for a 3
> day 2 night backpack
> with 5 river crossings. I saw my first wild Timber
> Rattler there while
> we were both eating(the snake and us Rangers) Black
> Berries. He was a
> BIG SNAKE...still gives me the willies!
I might have called in an "Air Strike"<G>
Glad I live in Ory-gun<G>
-=A*=-
>
> We almost always see copper heads and black snakes
> and a wide variety of
> snakes when we hit the rivers. Most of the time
> they are as busy getting
> away from you as you are them. It does pay to not
> surprise anyone!
> GRIN!
>
> Mark Jones
>
> p.s.
> Tonight we held our very first Spfd South Sectional
> sponsored RED CROSS
> 1st aid and CPR class. Had two National Staff
> members there and 6 others
> from local outposts. Praise God we finally got a
> Holy Ghost filled RR
> commander to certify us in Red Cross and CPR! God
> is Good all the
> time! So for the next few months we will be
> scheduling courses to get
> our LTC classes their RED Cross /First Aid
> Certification! Hallelujah!
> Glory!
>
>
>
> Mark Jones, Ozark MO, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Download a
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