Road Trip

[other dog]

 I've been saying for a while that I was gonna ride up to Apple Orchard Mountain and take some pictures of the radar station, and yesterday was the day.

Sharp Top Mountain, one of the Peaks of Otter, from rt. 43.

Flat Top, from rt. 43.

Sharp Top from the Peaks of Otter lodge.

Close up of the summit-

After leaving the Peaks of Otter we saw a big rattle snake crossing the road. I turned around and went back to take pictures of it.

The rattles-

I hate snakes, moving on...this was the last overlook you could see the radar unit from...

so I pulled over on the shoulder and took more pictures from a little closer.

The gate was open at the road going up to it, but this sign deterred me from going in.

I did walk a little ways, but all I could see was the very top of the big giant ball over the trees.

 

[mrsmackpaul]

chicken should have just road on up there and go what sign never seen sign, were was your shovel for the snake ?????? only good snake is a dead one 

Very green and lush looking country side there looks a bit like a golf ball for a giant sticking up 

 

Paul

 

[other dog]

2 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

chicken should have just road on up there and go what sign never seen sign, were was your shovel for the snake ?????? only good snake is a dead one 

Very green and lush looking country side there looks a bit like a golf ball for a giant sticking up 

 

Paul

 

That's what i'd have done to the snake too. I  ran over it with the pickup, but I didn't slam on the brakes. When I left another guy that had stopped on his motorcycle to take pictures of it with his phone was still poking at it with a stick. That's when it coiled up like that and struck at the stick, when the guy was poking at it. I was chicken then too, it was time for me to go!

[david wild]

You big tough men are scared of a snake ??? better hope Isis does not come knocking, kill a snake in the PA. gas/oil field you would be fired on the spot. that snake is harmless unless provoked, they eat rats and other rodents, you guys really surprise me. Flag burners live and you kill a poor little snake. really disappointed.

[B MACK]

I'm with mrsmackpaul  and other dog. Snakes make really nice western boots.   We had a road construction project near Cascade.  About 16 miles from the Missouri river. Saw these 2 rattlers and this bull snake all at the same time, with in 10 feet of each other.

[other dog]

That wasn't a poor little snake, it was a big-ass rattlesnake! Damn right i'm skeert of 'em, I'm with that guy that wrote that song that has that line "I don't like spiders and snakes..."

[david wild]

Rattle, Rat, Black racer, milk they are all the same, part of nature that should be admired not harmed out of fear, they are a marvel to watch along  with all other living things (including short skirts) (not pukes) there lives are tough enough without people harming or killing them because they are afraid of them, they did nothing to you, funny we can let the pukes do their thing and that does harm our way of life but a little snake is cause for instant death,  that snake was up on that mountain minding his/her own biz, you guys came along into it's world and decided to kill it just because you feared it, it feared you just as much, you should have left it alone and you guys should have just gone on your way.  very few people die from snake bites unlike cigarettes, cars, hammers, pools, staple guns, see where I'm heading, think and respect the next time, set aside you unfounded fear and let the little guy live.  

[other dog]

2 hours ago, david wild said:

Rattle, Rat, Black racer, milk they are all the same, part of nature that should be admired not harmed out of fear, they are a marvel to watch along  with all other living things (including short skirts) (not pukes) there lives are tough enough without people harming or killing them because they are afraid of them, they did nothing to you, funny we can let the pukes do their thing and that does harm our way of life but a little snake is cause for instant death,  that snake was up on that mountain minding his/her own biz, you guys came along into it's world and decided to kill it just because you feared it, it feared you just as much, you should have left it alone and you guys should have just gone on your way.  very few people die from snake bites unlike cigarettes, cars, hammers, pools, staple guns, see where I'm heading, think and respect the next time, set aside you unfounded fear and let the little guy live.  

Wasn't a little guy, it was a big ass rattle snake! But it was alive and well when I left though, might have felt a little woozy from being run over, but it was crawling off into the grass while some guy poked it with a stick.

[Mike]

Otherdog is just trying to fire yaw up. He actually just says that to get some action going. He really puts his Hot Sauce on them when he has a rattlesnake round up at his farm and they have a feast. I can hardly wait till the next roundup. Even the Winfall gals like the roundup to. 

[david wild]

I don't like some people but I like all animals, life is tough enough without us making it harder, We have plenty of critters around here and it's surprising how trusting and friendly they can become, unlike some people (BLM) (Isis) you know

[BillyT]

David, I like snakes too ,I give the eastern diamondback a wide berth, but wouldn't kill it unless my life was in danger! We have pygmy rattlers in Florida too,very bad poison,but small.All the others are cool.A black racer for some reason curls up on our windowsill,likes the warm concrete I think. There are no copperheads,water moccasins, or coral snakes in our neighborhood.that takes care of the poisonous ones.I like reptiles in general have a green anole a skink and a bearded Dragon for pets.I once raised four gopher tortoise hatchlings Til they were the size of box turtles,then released them.70 percent of  them are eaten by predators before they grow up.I personally wouldn't do it, but I'd rather see a flag burner get a "good west Texas butt kickin'" in the words of Jimmy Dean, than a snake or gopher tortoise get run over!

[mrsmackpaul]

FFS you can tell some of you jokers dont live here a lot of snakes in this wide brown land will kill you before you can get to hospital you yanks can keep your girly man rattlers  if you like but theres some deadly crap out here that kill people every year even when they are right near hospital so it is still survival of the fittest out here when you farm 

I know its not politically correct but better than pushing up daisies in the middle of the farm, it  aint gunna no one no good so snakes all snakes die here dont like it buy the farm cuddle all the snakes you want simple!!!!!!!

Old blokes tougher than me crack the snakes like a stock whip and the heads will snap clean off I have seen it done as a kid one of them things I'll never forget 

 

Paul the snake killer and proud of it 

[other dog]

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/things-in-australia-that-will-kill-you-animals-that-will-try-to-kill-you

[BillyT]

I agree! Australia has the most and worst venomous snakes in the world! If I lived there I'd kill ' em' too. I saw a tv show on snakes in Australia.I think it was Queensland where Paul lives.There is a deadly little snake that is found all over this modern city, I forget it's name. The snake catchers get calls all the time!

[41chevy]

WE have the most dangerous and feared snake in the known world right here in the U.S.A

 

[carlotpilot]

24 minutes ago, 41chevy said:

WE have the most dangerous and feared snake in the known world right here in the U.S.A

 

 

[david wild]

God that is one ugly snake, I think you had run that one over at least twice and put it out of it's misery

[Mike]

I think he needs to try again and backup in a hurry before it slithers off.

[Newfie]

yes hat is one scary snake   I wouldn't trust it as far as I can throw the white house even scarie thought id Obama trying to move to Canada    don't want that  here either