Snaking it's way through your frame. Interesting. On Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 8:02:26 AM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote:
> He wanted to examine the YG's lugwork up close. > > I often come across snakes on paved recreational trails in the bosque at > this time of year, as the pavement warms up but while the thicket is still > cool. I don't stop to see how they're doing, so I don't determine the type, > but rattlesnakes are common here, and I've heard the buzz of rattles before > as I skimmed past a snake's nose. > > Lizards too: I barely missed a few tails recently of lizards sunning > themselves in the middle of the asphalt. > > On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 7:36 AM Allan McLane <allan....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here's a tale from the “Well, I never thought I’d see that” department… >> >> This afternoon I was out on the Yvez Gomez, exercising the dog, when we >> encountered a smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis), sunning itself in >> the middle of the road. I stopped next to the snake to maneuver it to the >> side but it decided to climb up my back wheel spokes and inspect the >> interior of the cassette instead. After several failed attempts to nudge it >> along, it exited the cassette, went forward along the chainstay, and >> completely entered the fender, going up. >> >> To extract it from the inside of the fender I slowly rolled the bike >> backwards until the snake popped out the rear and onto the ground. At this >> point it had gotten the message well and slithered off into the stone wall. >> >> For the curious, full photo documentation here: >> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBpqQB >> <https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBpqQB> >> >> Allan in Marlboro, Vt >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b50c97b9-c2e7-4cee-b56c-36e40df62f47n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b50c97b9-c2e7-4cee-b56c-36e40df62f47n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a8a14668-7d1c-4f78-b44d-055ed8dcf7c0n%40googlegroups.com.
