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| Denton Wildlife Sanctuary: Indian Pipes |
I tried to take a hike in the Denton Wildlife Preserve, but
didn’t find enough of it to walk more than 2 minutes out along the path before
I lost sight of any such thing as a clearly marked path and turned around to
head back to the car. That is when I noticed a snake hurrying away to hide in the
underbrush. Last week I paid close attention to where I put my feet so as not
to stand on any snakes, but this morning I was more interested in finding a
path, and so wasn’t ready when the snake showed up where I had walked only a
minute or two before. Back to paying attention.
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| River Rd |
On my next stop I walked along a river road and the nice
thing was it was almost entirely deserted so while there wasn’t a shoulder to
walk along, there was no need and I could just stroll right down the middle of
the lane. I stopped to take a photo of some flowers in someone’s side yard
where they had posted a sign that said Wildlife Habitat – which is a really
nice way of saying; we leave the wildflowers for the birds. As I began walking
again, I saw in front of me a snake that wasn’t as quick as the earlier one, as
it was literally belly-up, and flatter than the pancakes we had this morning
for breakfast. He was in fact, dead. But I didn’t step on him.
Today’s air quality index was supposed to head up into the
uncomfortable zone by 11:00 am in this entire region, so I was happy to be done
before it became oppressive outside. I plan on doing some reading and drinking
cool seltzer and relaxing the rest of the day. 73 to go
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