[RE: [Az-Geocaching] Critters near caches]

[Mark Heitowit]

Don't give Tamo any ideas.

"Webb Pickersgill" <wpickers@cox.net> wrote:

> I can see it now... "Wait... I think I've found Tamo's cache...  What a
> unique container, he put it inside a plastic scorpion... OOOUUUCH!!"
> Whaahahahaa  :)
> 
> Webb
> TheWebbman
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
> [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Brian
> Casteel
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:43 AM
>   To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
>   Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Critters near caches
> 
> 
>   When the weather cools a bit more, I want to wander the desert some night
> looking for scorpions with my black light.  Since I've found all of Tamo's
> caches, I need something to do with it until either the Halloween event or
> he puts some more of those uber-micros out there.  ;p
> 
>   Brian
>   Team A.I.
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Bryon Culling
>     To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
>     Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:21 AM
>     Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Critters near caches
> 
> 
>     I was up on Squaw Peak a few years ago watching the Sunset with a
> girlfriend.  on our way down, we ran accross a small rattler just off the
> trail.  she was clueless and walked right past the thing and never even
> noticed it.  How could you not.  I heard it and started looking for it with
> the flashlight before moving again.  It was only about 3 feet off the trail
> on the up hill side of a switch back but that was close enough.  I let it
> find it's way under a bush before I left.  I thought it was kid of cool.  I
> haddent seen  one in town before.   They are out there.  I know South
> mountain is just full of scorpions.  I was up there when I was a kid at
> night and it seemed like they were everywhere you looked.  My folks freaked
> out and we left.
> 
>     Trisha <trisha@brasher.com> wrote:
>       Hi all,
> 
>       I thought I'd take this opportunity to remind everyone to be careful
>       around any caches that are in areas that could be good habitat for
>       rattlesnakes (and I guess you should be careful of scorpions, black
>       widows, etc....some of these "urban micros" require reaching into
>       likely critter spots). This fall/wet weather seems to bring them out
>       in the daytime.
> 
>       I recently had a face-to-face with a LARGE Western Diamondback
>       Rattlesnake up on the Agua Fria near Black Canyon City. See GCGK5D.
> 
>       I imagine there are areas in the metro Phoenix area where you could
>       find pit-vipers, but take special care in the boonies.
> 
>       It was kinda funny....I'm not afraid of snakes and, having quite a
bit
>       of reptile and walking-in-the-middle-of-nowhere experience, I walk
>       carefully, and noisily. Luckily! It gave this big guy time to rattle
>       and move! off to hide. I was innocently following the GPS to the
cache
>       while hubby was taking a pic of a pretty cactus about 20 feet behind
>       me when he heard the rattle (cicadas were in the trees, but this was
>       louder) and then heard me calmly say, "Um, we have a rattlesnake in
>       the way, right there...a big one." By the time he walked to where I
>       was stopped in my tracks and watching the snake, he wasn't able to
get
>       a pic (it went under a rock). I pick up non-poisonous snakes, Steve
>       Irwin style, just for fun, but rattlers deserve a respectful
distance.
> 
>       The other humorous part was that we were on the way to the DBacks
>       game...and ran into a Diamondback, and we did NOT want this one's
>       autograph!!
> 
>       Have fun and BE SAFE OUT THERE!!
> 
>       Trisha "Lightning1996YCJP"
>       Prescott
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