Spring is definitly upon us. The pollen is coating our cars and our nasal linings! This year seems to be particularly bad.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
I’m sure any number of folks wandered by those two throughout the day, completely oblivious to the danger.<\/p>\n
We’re planning on doing some more riding along these trails in the future.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading