Today we changed gears with Dad and Ross and went hiking on the Billy Goat trail - sections C&B -- 6.5 miles. This lovely trail is on the Maryland side of the Potomac. We saw an excessive amount of wildlife, with a number of great blue herons, some turtles, innumerable dogs, a toad, a kayaker, and 3 snakes.
To add to my fungus collection.
So, as we were walking back to the car, going down the C&O Canal towpath, we spotted a group of people standing and pointing at something in the canal. There was a snake that had caught a frog and was rolling around in the water to maneuver the unlucky amphibian into its mouth. Finally the struggling stopped, and the snake swam off, with the frog's head sticking out of his mouth. In the top picture you can see that the snake looks like he has a frog head.
At one point he held the frog high in the air.
When he got to the bank, one lady asked, "What kind of animal is that? It looks like a snake but it has legs!" She was horrified to find that the those were the unfortunate frog's legs. If you look carefully here, the green band is the frog's mouth just under the snakes mouth. Coolest pictures ever.
When we arrived home, Ariel and I made dinner -- fall-off-the-bone baby-back ribs, Texas beans, cheesy grits, cornbread, salad, and homemade South Carolina mustard BBQ sauce. We ate till we were sick. It was divine.
