Adam and I went to the Deleware Water Gap National Recreation Area in New Jersey today. It's just 1.5 hours away from the city, and so beautiful!! We hiked over 7 miles, half of that on the AT (Appalachian Trail) to a gorgeous 41 acre pond. We saw frogs, birds, fish, and snakes....yes, snakes! I saw my first rattlesnake today...a timber rattlesnake to be exact. I didn't even know they were native to this area! It was huge...not anaconda huge, but a good 3 feet long, with quite a few rattles. (Fun fact: did you know rattlesnakes grow one new rattle each time they molt!!) I watched from afar, but Adam got this picture, without the rattle, but you get the idea...so cool!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
More Nature Today!!
Adam and I went to the Deleware Water Gap National Recreation Area in New Jersey today. It's just 1.5 hours away from the city, and so beautiful!! We hiked over 7 miles, half of that on the AT (Appalachian Trail) to a gorgeous 41 acre pond. We saw frogs, birds, fish, and snakes....yes, snakes! I saw my first rattlesnake today...a timber rattlesnake to be exact. I didn't even know they were native to this area! It was huge...not anaconda huge, but a good 3 feet long, with quite a few rattles. (Fun fact: did you know rattlesnakes grow one new rattle each time they molt!!) I watched from afar, but Adam got this picture, without the rattle, but you get the idea...so cool!
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OMG I want to flip out just looking at that picture... YIKES!
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ReplyDeleteI didn't know there were rattlesnakes around here. Very cool, but very scary.
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