Don't give Tamo any ideas. "Webb Pickersgill" wrote: > I can see it now... "Wait... I think I've found Tamo's cache... What a > unique container, he put it inside a plastic scorpion... OOOUUUCH!!" > Whaahahahaa :) > > Webb > TheWebbman > -----Original Message----- > From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com > [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Brian > Casteel > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:43 AM > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Critters near caches > > > 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 ----- > From: Bryon Culling > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > 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 wrote: > 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 > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >