Friendly Snake

 

Adventure Location:

Decatur, Alabama

Date: March 6, 2024

Good grief it has been a busy day but very beautiful day for a nice change. It is still very damp but we found it dried out enough to have an excellent walk today and get a few pictures of nature also.

Along the way to nowhere special on the first of the trail we met up with a very nice full size poodle. We hit it off well for a couple of minutes then when the owner got there the poodle went ahead with the exploring it was doing. Then the owner and the OFM spent some time chatting until the poodle came back to get the owner to come with the walking. We said good byes as the OFM chuckled at the politeness of the pup. We like to meet all the dogs on the trail if possible. They are fun to meet normally.

A bit farther along the trail was what the OFM calls peaceful bench because for the last twelve years he has had to sit on it a few times to get some rest from heat or muscle troubles and it has always been a nice spot to recuperate at.

Since we are on benches, this next bench just accidentally happens to be at the halfway point for many of the trails we put together to get in enough distance for our needed exercise. It frequently is a conversation spot for a few minutes as us old folk walkers pause.

When the OFM stopped for another pic, he stepped off the trail to try for a better angle and was shuffling his feet in the leaves when a very polite dark gray with pretty green stripes eighteen inch long snake eased out of the leaves a couple of inches from the OFM toes near it. We said our polite howdies and each one of us went our own way. Nope the OFM did not catch the snake's name but it was a very polite critter.

Here is the picture we were taking when we met the snake.

Back near the start we grabbed a picture of this red tree full of red leaves near the concrete culvert bridge.

And then back to the Castle to finish out the evening with a bit of art efforts, fixing supper and writing this blog while relaxing with great success.

It has been a great day of nice events and good conversations with nice folks and several very happy pups and one polite snake. Sleep well everyone.