To celebrate turning 52....the Captain and I rode
52 miles ... 54.4 miles.....
...so I have a credit of 2.4 miles for my next birthday ride....
....and we only saw one rattle snake!
Seriously, it's the first rattler I have ever seen outside the wilderness....he was crossing the road and I heard the Captain yell, "RATTLE SNAAAAKE!" from about 50 yards ahead of me...but it is hard to hear when the wind is blowing...and by the time it registered, (duh!) there it was....curling its way across the road about 20' ahead of me....there were no cars coming so I went WAAAAAY on the other side...he was big and he was watching me...I was only going about 9 miles an hour but those guys are FAST! He probably was not very happy because he knew I had these...
...9 rattles on this rattler from Death Valley....we were on a dirt road heading to hike a canyon when the Captain stopped the car and said, "Look, I think he's dead...but I'm not going to find out."Then on our way back, he was still in the road, but this time he was visibly run over. So the Captain flipped his head away to make double sure, and then he whacked off the rattles just for me. Of course my kinders think the rattles are the coolest.
*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*SHAKE YOUR RATTLES*RIDE YOUR BIRTHDAY IN MILES*
