The sunrise was brilliant pink and orange and magical when morning finally came and everyone was talking about the gunshots in the night.
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We had to cross over to the other side of the creek to continue our hike up canyon. The water was clear and shallow and surprisingly cold, refreshing to our already tired feet. Continuing up the canyon we could hear the thrashing sounds of a distant waterfall.
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Mr. NY was now ready to pick up the snake and guess what? Yup, he picked the snake up 4 inches from his tail, the wrong end, and the snake awoke snapping mad, flailing and lashing out. We were all screaming. The long pliers were working but barely keeping the 3 foot long snake within the 4 foot long broom handle porting of the giant pliers.
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I reached the straw broom under his lifeless body not knowing if he was dead or if he would spring to life the moment he was out of the water and race away. I gently laid him on the pool deck and he lifted his head (Yeah) but it flopped back down showing me he was certainly dead. I gave him lizard CPR.
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“Moms are very protective of their calves and will fight to the death if a stray Killer whale sneaks into our safe waters wanting the easy prey of a young calf. Mom will battle to the end. To witness such a sight is overwhelming with the piercing high-pitched squeals and steady pounding of ‘fluke slapping’ using her 20 foot flipper churning up the water and her flailing body between her baby and the Orca. You hold your breath so long wanting her to win but when the water finally settles down, you never really know the outcome but hope to God Mom won.”
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“There we all were, huddled together, breathing each other’s heavy air, awaiting the windows to shatter and splinter everywhere slicing through everything with the powerful wind. The screaming sound of windows and metal rubbing was constant and frightening.”
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