Memorial Day Weekend Camping NorNev

Tom and Kris came out to Reno for a long weekend camping trip.

Here is Toyotathon in my driveway as we prepared to head out for 3 days in the NorNev back country.

More Snakes?

Yes, more. The gettin's been good and this road is five minutes from home so here we go, another three snake night.

This gopher was by far the largest specimen I have seen. I didn't take an actual measurement, but I would say 4.5' or more.

Snake Overload

So I went hiking in El Dorado county in a last ditch effort to get out and find some California Mountain Kingsnakes while spring weather was still in effect. Again I failed to turn up any zonata which is a real bummer since I know I was in the right place at the right time. However, I still enjoyed hiking around and I did have some luck overall in the snake department.

I got to my spot about 6:30am and within three rocks I flipped this nice boa.

Dogs

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16 Years And Counting

For our 16 year anniversary, we went on a date up at Stateline.

Tahoe is FULL!

I brake for snakes.

So recently I became aware of a road near where live, very near, that is chock full of California Kingsnakes.  These snakes are very common throughout the state of California, but their range does extend into Nevada, where they are for obvious reasons, a great deal harder to locate.  This isolated population is under severe threat due to heavy construction in the area and much more auto traffic.  Last night it was warm, and there was a full moon, and I wanted to test out my new lightbar in the dark. So at 8:45pm I went out too see if what I heard about this road was true. I was skeptical at first about finding anything, usually because I don't have good luck road cruising, but to my surprise and heartbreak, the snakes were out en masse.

As soon as I pulled onto the road, I spotted this baby gopher snake. Gopher snakes are very common throughout this area, so this was no surprise. Still, I was happy to have found the snake before oncoming traffic did.

Slimer Update

So Harrison (aka) Slimer is getting on well with his big brother and resident autistic psychopath, Luigi.  CeCe doesn't seem to mind him much either.

Family.