[Az-Geocaching] Critters near caches
Brian Casteel
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When the weather cools a bit more, I want to wander the desert some =
night looking for scorpions with my black light. Since I've found all =
of Tamo's caches, I need something to do with it until either the =
Halloween event or he puts some more of those uber-micros out there. ;p
Brian
Team A.I.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Bryon Culling=20
To: listserv@azgeocaching.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Critters near caches
I was up on Squaw Peak a few years ago watching the Sunset with a =
girlfriend. on our way down, we ran accross a small rattler just off =
the trail. she was clueless and walked right past the thing and never =
even noticed it. How could you not. I heard it and started looking for =
it with the flashlight before moving again. It was only about 3 feet =
off the trail on the up hill side of a switch back but that was close =
enough. I let it find it's way under a bush before I left. I thought =
it was kid of cool. I haddent seen one in town before. They are out =
there. I know South mountain is just full of scorpions. I was up there =
when I was a kid at night and it seemed like they were everywhere you =
looked. My folks freaked out and we left.
Trisha <trisha@brasher.com> wrote:=20
Hi all,
I thought I'd take this opportunity to remind everyone to be careful
around any caches that are in areas that could be good habitat for
rattlesnakes (and I guess you should be careful of scorpions, black
widows, etc....some of these "urban micros" require reaching into
likely critter spots). This fall/wet weather seems to bring them out
in the daytime.
I recently had a face-to-face with a LARGE Western Diamondback
Rattlesnake up on the Agua Fria near Black Canyon City. See GCGK5D.
I imagine there are areas in the metro Phoenix area where you could
find pit-vipers, but take special care in the boonies.
It was kinda funny....I'm not afraid of snakes and, having quite a =
bit
of reptile and walking-in-the-middle-of-nowhere experience, I walk
carefully, and noisily. Luckily! It gave this big guy time to rattle
and move! off to hide. I was innocently following the GPS to the =
cache
while hubby was taking a pic of a pretty cactus about 20 feet behind
me when he heard the rattle (cicadas were in the trees, but this was
louder) and then heard me calmly say, "Um, we have a rattlesnake in
the way, right there...a big one." By the time he walked to where I
was stopped in my tracks and watching the snake, he wasn't able to =
get
a pic (it went under a rock). I pick up non-poisonous snakes, Steve
Irwin style, just for fun, but rattlers deserve a respectful =
distance.
The other humorous part was that we were on the way to the DBacks
game...and ran into a Diamondback, and we did NOT want this one's
autograph!!
Have fun and BE SAFE OUT THERE!!
Trisha "Lightning1996YCJP"
Prescott
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When the weather cools a bit more, I =
want to wander=20
the desert some night looking for scorpions with my black light. =
Since=20
I've found all of Tamo's caches, I need something to do with it until =
either the=20
Halloween event or he puts some more of those uber-micros out =
there. =20
;p</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Team A.I.</FONT></DIV>
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2003 12:21=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Az-Geocaching] =
Critters=20
near caches</DIV>
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<DIV>I was up on Squaw Peak a few years ago watching the Sunset =
with a=20
girlfriend. on our way down, we ran accross a small rattler just =
off the=20
trail. she was clueless and walked right past the thing and =
never even=20
noticed it. How could you not. I heard it and started =
looking for=20
it with the flashlight before moving again. It was only about 3 =
feet off=20
the trail on the up hill side of a switch back but that was close=20
enough. I let it find it's way under a bush before I left. =
I=20
thought it was kid of cool. I haddent seen one in town=20
before. They are out there. I know South mountain is =
just=20
full of scorpions. I was up there when I was a kid at night and =
it=20
seemed like they were everywhere you looked. My folks freaked =
out and we=20
left.<BR><BR><B><I>Trisha <trisha@brasher.com></I></B> wrote:=20
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style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px =
solid">Hi=20
all,<BR><BR>I thought I'd take this opportunity to remind everyone =
to be=20
careful<BR>around any caches that are in areas that could be good =
habitat=20
for<BR>rattlesnakes (and I guess you should be careful of scorpions, =
black<BR>widows, etc....some of these "urban micros" require =
reaching=20
into<BR>likely critter spots). This fall/wet weather seems to bring =
them=20
out<BR>in the daytime.<BR><BR>I recently had a face-to-face with a =
LARGE=20
Western Diamondback<BR>Rattlesnake up on the Agua Fria near Black =
Canyon=20
City. See GCGK5D.<BR><BR>I imagine there are areas in the metro =
Phoenix area=20
where you could<BR>find pit-vipers, but take special care in the=20
boonies.<BR><BR>It was kinda funny....I'm not afraid of snakes and, =
having=20
quite a bit<BR>of reptile and walking-in-the-middle-of-nowhere =
experience, I=20
walk<BR>carefully, and noisily. Luckily! It gave this big guy time =
to=20
rattle<BR>and move! off to hide. I was innocently following the GPS =
to the=20
cache<BR>while hubby was taking a pic of a pretty cactus about 20 =
feet=20
behind<BR>me when he heard the rattle (cicadas were in the trees, =
but this=20
was<BR>louder) and then heard me calmly say, "Um, we have a =
rattlesnake=20
in<BR>the way, right there...a big one." By the time he walked to =
where=20
I<BR>was stopped in my tracks and watching the snake, he wasn't able =
to=20
get<BR>a pic (it went under a rock). I pick up non-poisonous snakes, =
Steve<BR>Irwin style, just for fun, but rattlers deserve a =
respectful=20
distance.<BR><BR>The other humorous part was that we were on the way =
to the=20
DBacks<BR>game...and ran into a Diamondback, and we did NOT want =
this=20
one's<BR>autograph!!<BR><BR>Have fun and BE SAFE OUT =
THERE!!<BR><BR>Trisha=20
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