I went for a brisk exploratory walk after work today to investigate my new neighborhood and the mountain it sits on. My apartment is in the closest building in the photo. The mountain goes straight up from there. There are a series of bike paths up on the mountain that were quite populated with mountain bikers, dirt bikers, and runners.
As I was hiking along the path I almost stepped on this guy. Probably the largest snake I have ever seen in the wild. It was easily longer than my wing-span. Since snakes give me the heeby-jeebies I immediately retreated to a safe distance (about a quarter of a mile) and then worked up the courage to sneak back to snap a photo. So breathing heavily, and constantly glancing over my shoulder or up into the trees (like snakes would be sneaking up behind me or ambushing me from above), I brought myself carefully within eight feet of the creature. That's pretty good for me.
For our Stake service project Saturday morning, we headed up to Temple Square to help them clear out the old flowers and plant new ones. It was much too early for a Saturday morning, but totally worth it. We had a blast.
This is Bryan and I as part of an exceeding long mulch bucket brigade.
I went for a brisk exploratory walk after work today to investigate my new neighborhood and the mountain it sits on. My apartment is in the closest building in the photo. The mountain goes straight up from there. There are a series of bike paths up on the mountain that were quite populated with mountain bikers, dirt bikers, and runners.
