my obsession with a pioneer girl - rants, raves & random bits of laura ingalls wilder research, past and present
FYI
BIG WOODSPepin, Wisconsin
FARMER BOYWilder Homestead
INDIAN TERRITORYWayside, Kansas
PLUM CREEK PREEMPTIONWalnut Grove, Minnesota
THE YEAR IN BURR OAKBurr Oak, Iowa
LIW MEMORIAL SOCIETY De Smet, South Dakota
INGALLS HOMESTEADDe Smet, South Dakota
ROCKY RIDGE FARMMansfield, Missouri
KEYSTONE MUSEUMKeystone, South Dakota
METHODIST CHURCH MUSEUMSpring Valley, Minnesota
POMONA PUBLIC LIBRARYPomona, California
HERBERT HOOVER LIBRARYWest Branch, Iowa
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERSNew York, New York
LHOP, THE MUSICALLittle House Productions LP
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July 06, 2005
sssssssnakes

It's not a typical hike unless I see a snake. Today I saw four. (And I see no good reason to pass this information along to my mother, trust me.) Usually I see snakes in time to stop and stamp my foot or toss a pebble behind them to send them on their merry way. Today, I almost stepped on one, but at that point I was close enough to see the whites of its eyes (okay, the shape of its eyes) and I knew it wasn't venomous. I'm not very savvy when it comes to identifying snakes, and as long as they don't drop out of a tree on me, I usually don't panic.
Since I'm heading to South Dakota soon, I guess I ought to pack the snake gaiters. But I'll be darned if I'm going to wear them on daily hikes when I want to be wearing shorts.
There's only one venomous snake native to South Dakota -- the prairie rattlesnake -- and they're not even supposed to be native to Kingsbury County, but that doesn't mean they didn't move in like the Germans and Dutch, who aren't native to Kingsbury County either.
- posted by pioneergirl at 7:43 PM
