Hello from (adjective) Utah! :)

[ssssnakeluvr]

LOL!!! yes, it's a dry heat here....get teh occasional humididty....small storm rolls thru, dumps a lot of rain for a few minutes and clears of....then we get humidity...for a little while anyway!

[Lori P]

I actually really enjoy the heat. On the rare times the humidity is down here, I can stay out forever in it. But that humidity just zaps ya... we were out all day yesterday fixing fences and omg, I felt like I'd been run over by a truck by the end of it. And I was just teasing you Don, hot is hot no matter what!!!

Back on subject, I do wish you luck seeing some snakes, Kyle! I want to see pics!!!

[Zephyr]

Yes.
YES.
YES!!!
LAst week we struck snakey gold! A few miles down the mountain and near a stream next to a golf course I rounded up my first T. e. vagrans! Don, I dunno what kinda snakes you've been finding, but these guys all had fluorescent stripes. I rounded up about 10 of them, snapped pics and let them go. A day or two later we left for San Diego; checked out some tidepools and rocks *Damn those line shore crabs...* And on the edge of Cataloma peninsula thing I ran into some odd little lizards. I caught two babies and missed a whole bunch more including adults; not sure on the species. I missed pics though. x.x
Anyways, the next day we prepped for tuna fishing 60 miles off the coast. I caught a sea bass and some other odd fish with a stick, a hook, and a line from the coast minutes before we left.
Then after a day on the boat, I landed my first tuna! To any of you who have never caught your first tuna... Make sure you don't mention it. 30 seconds after I pulled the sucker in they deckhands grabbed a knife, cut the thing open, pulled out the heart... I think you can fill in the blanks as to what I did. lol
The good news is I'm a bonafied tuna fisherman now. :P
So yesterday we got back to Utah, I climbed the mountain across from the house and claimed it for a friend.
Then today we went back to the spot where all the snakes were. I lost track of all the snakes I saw/caught! All with pics, of course. When I decided I'd caught enough, I said "One more and we'll leave." That one more came from a tree limbed a few inches from my face. I peeled the bark away and found 5 wandering garters tucked tight under it!
So, I let all of them go except for a pair; A male with a fluorescent stripe and lemon color all over and a female with a lighter stripe but distinct checkerds.
Also, I've been posting so little because most of the comps I've had access to have dialup. x.x
So pics and the whatnot when I get home, and make sure everything's still alive, on Tuesday!

[crzy_kevo]

wow congrats kyle sounds like a very productive trip

[jitami]

Sounds like your'e having a blast Kyle! Can't wait to see the pictures... and get an update on "my" babies

[anji1971]

Kyle, your trip sounds like so much fun! (barring the tuna heart incident........yuk.)
Looking forward to all those pics!

[drache]

Kyle, oooh - you lucky guy
that sounds fantastic
I guess the adjective has changed
can't wait to see the pics

[adamanteus]

Sounds like you're having fun, Kyle!

[ssssnakeluvr]

Cool!!! glad you are finding snakes!!!! did you get to see one of our lovely thunderstorms???? roll in when its 95 degrees out, dump rain for about 10 miinutes and leave...kicking the darn humidity up for a few hours.... other than the tuna incident it sounds like a lot of fun!!!!!!

[zooplan]

Very interessting news, Kyle.
It would be nice to remember all the new vocabulary tomorrow,
that I had to search for today.
So I´m excited for the photos, that need no translation