Snake Safari

Monday evening we took the kids down to the river to skip rocks and play on their favorite, huge, boulders which they've dubbed "Pirates Rocks."

As we were leaving, an enormous Bull Snake was slithering it's way across the trail right at our feet! Adam quickly grabbed his phone to take a picture, and got way too close to the snake. With me yelling for him to step away, while simultaneously holding Lucy and scooting the boys back as they tried to follow in their Dad's footsteps . . . the snake slipped off the trail and into the brush before Adam was able to snap a photo.

I didn't have much time to feel guilty about not letting Adam get a photo. Because- two seconds later, 50ft. down the trail we spotted ANOTHER snake on the trail, exactly like the first one. Fortunately, I had calmed down enough to let Adam take a photo.

I'd never seen snakes this large in the wild before (they were over three feet long--kind of hard to tell how big they were from the picture). It was quite thrilling to see two within a minute of each other. I was ecstatic for Jack & Owen. They were in awe! They're at the age where they can look at snake/bug/animal picture books for hours. So to see two, large, snakes in real life was quite a treat.

If you're interested in a snake safari at the river, we recommend going around 7 in the evening.