Average snake sightings a day?
3! Today Sean and I saw 4—2 milk
snakes, a rat snake, and a copperhead.
I’m becoming more and more paranoid walking through the brush, like, at
any minute a wild creature will appear and I’m not talking about an adorable
pokemon. The hills are riddled with
holes and every time the wind blows the tall grass makes a hissing sound. I think infrared goggles should become part
of our PPE… although I don’t know if they will work on snakes… cold-blooded
abnormalities that they are. I guess we
will just have to continue being cautious!
We got a couple more miles done today, but I’m beginning to fear
that our method is not the most efficient.
Everyone isn’t clear on the spraying protocol when it comes to how much
and where our boundaries are, including me.
I kind of blame the constant fluctuation of team members on that, but
that is always going to be an issue so we’re going to need to find a solution
for groups to come.
Anyways, to celebrate a hard week’s work we went out onto the
banks of the Mississippi River. On our
way we passed a decrepit building that looks like something you would find in
the Fallout video game series. There
were the remains of a gas pump and several parking lot lights that have long
since lost their illumination. The
structures near the lot had shattered windows, litter covering the floors and
graffiti murals on most of the walls. In
short, the place has seen better days.
Upon arriving at our destination we got a fire going on the shore and
just sat around and talked for hours.
It’s moments like these that I cherish in this program—a little calm in
a sea of chaos. What a lovely night.
Good night for
now friends.
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