Spring is definitly upon us. The pollen is coating our cars and our nasal linings! This year seems to be particularly bad.

Yesterday, I went for a bike ride with John. We threw our bikes into my car and drove down to the [url=http://www.njskylands.com/pkkitt.htm]Sussex Branch Trail[/url] off of Waterloo Road in Byram. It’s a pretty flat trail built on the railroad bed that used to exist here. Although there were quite a few interesting looking side trails, we didn’t venture off the main path because John has a hybrid, not a full fledged off-road bike.

We stopped at one point to admire a small waterfall near the beginning of the trail. As I looked down into the ravine carved by the stream, I noticed what looked like two onld ropes coiled around one another. As I looked more closely, I thought I saw them twitch a bit. Apparently, we had interrupted two water moccasins in the act of getting it on! They were pretty far away from us so presenting to immediate danger to us, we snapped a couple of photos with our cell phones. I don’t they came out very clearly, so I haven’t posted the photo.

I’m sure any number of folks wandered by those two throughout the day, completely oblivious to the danger.

We’re planning on doing some more riding along these trails in the future.

It was great to get out and get some fresh air even though my eyes were rather dry and uncomfortable by the time I returned home.