Look what I found

[reptileparadise]

Very nice, and pretty darn good pictures for a cell-phone!

[jitami]

very nice. Looks just like mine.

Thanks mine too Although hubby said it's head head was flatter than ours... um, yeah, hunny, it's because we're thoroughly pissing her off!

[jitami]

nice find i wish i had something like that near here

Thanks Kevin(& all). There are areas like that near here, but this was actually a bit of a drive. We do a lot of four wheeling and I'm slowly turning them into wheeling/herping trips We got there kind of late in the day... stopped by a state park on the way up to use the restrooms and ended up participating in a gold panning demo. I'd done it before, but not for a long time. Fun stuff. There were tons of trails that we didn't get to check out yesterday, so we'll definitely be going back! It was awesome garter territory. Tons of little springs, creeks, and ponds. There were also a lot of dried up waterfalls, so a spring trip is definitely planned for next year, too.

[crzy_kevo]

ya sounds like a blast
which reminds me i haven't been camping in years and i really want to

[Snake lover 3-25]

awww cool!!!!

my mom told me that i could make a den!!! now i just have to figure out how to dig a 5/6 foot hole and fill it with rocks....... but at least i have permision!!!!

[Zephyr]

awww cool!!!!

my mom told me that i could make a den!!! now i just have to figure out how to dig a 5/6 foot hole and fill it with rocks....... but at least i have permision!!!!

Use your hands and a shovel.
I dug a 7+ foot deep hole two years ago just for fun. Did it in 2 hours. The hard part will be making it so snakes can get in and out of it, and also that there's appropriate space inside for a large group of snakes.
Not to mention, it's in a place relatively high above the water table and easily accessed by garters.

[Lori P]

NICE Tami!! Beautiful place and gorgeous snakes!!

[jitami]

Thanks Lori! It was fun We also saw snake tracks on the dusty dirt road between a steep hillside and another small pond. We didn't look too hard, but didn't find anything there. It was really neat seeing the snake tracks, though. They had to have been fresh, but I couldn't tell which way they were going. Pretty cool anyway

[anji1971]

Nice pictures, Tami! Those snakes are so pretty!
I'm still trying to find a place like that here. I've found the pond, and there are snakes there, but for the life of me cannot figure out where the dens are. No rock piles anywhere that I can see.