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I have to go to work now, that sucks alot <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> I think you just ruined my day, thanx Sharp <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Simon,

Hehehehe, remember, us teens still have school. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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Great stuff!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

RW,

Thanks for the pics, they're GREAT!! Makes me wanna go hiking so bad. You guys live in a nice area.

Thanks and you should go hiking... with your AK-47!!! That would be very fun to take on trips. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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woah!
great pics!!!
looks like you guys had a great time!
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sharp, you ALWAYS lose knives!
one day, you're going to to lose a nice one!
it's cause you carry sooo many!
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great pics though... I seriously wish I lived that close to such nice woods.
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EMF,

Thanks and if I lose another one, you should send me one of yours as a replacement until I get another. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

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looks like a great time!

i see i'm not the only one to cross paths with a rattlesnake this weekend <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

the nice thing about those guys is that they do everything in their power to avoid you. one can walk by them on the trail all day and never know they're there until they become agitated or you just get too close. then they rattle like there's no tomorrow and it is such a distinct sound that you'll jump the other direction.

overall, they're really docile animals and the only people who get bit are either a) messing with the snake or b) REALLY unlucky and step on it or put a hand in front of it while climbing on rocks.

here's a western that my wife met in the arizona desert:

[Linked Image from catandstew.com]

Swizzle,

Nice pic of the rattlesnake. You're completely right about them. We encountered them both days and both days we were never rattled ( <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> ) at.

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