Went "Swamp Stompin" yesterday in search of springs deep in the swamps
north of Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee. Several small springs are
listed as being up in the woods there and we even had GPS coords.
Believing the cold might still be keeping the snakes in their holes so
it might be safer to walk in the muck along the edge of the swamp we
went looking for em.
First one was easy to find near a trail, a small pool about 15' across
with clear water and a good outflow. GPS showed the next one well
into the swamp.
Finally "found" the next one by seeing the clear water about 150' out
into the swamp and we tried to get near it by stepping from one
cypress knee to another across logs and branches. Suddenly, one "log"
opened its mouth to show a big white inside and then slithered into
the dark water. The gator had been sunning itself and leaves had
fallen onto his back and the mud on his back made him look just like
one of the rotten logs.
We retreated to more solid ground and walked deeper into the swamp
staying on areas we could walk without going into the water and being
careful to look ahead. No more gators and we finally found the third
spring, small and far enough into the water where we could not really
get to it all that revealed it was the pool of clear water.
Better to be in the woods dodging gators than to be inside.

Frogwatch wrote:
Went "Swamp Stompin" yesterday in search of springs deep in the swamps
north of Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee. Several small springs are
listed as being up in the woods there and we even had GPS coords.
Believing the cold might still be keeping the snakes in their holes so
it might be safer to walk in the muck along the edge of the swamp we
went looking for em.
First one was easy to find near a trail, a small pool about 15' across
with clear water and a good outflow. GPS showed the next one well
into the swamp.
Finally "found" the next one by seeing the clear water about 150' out
into the swamp and we tried to get near it by stepping from one
cypress knee to another across logs and branches. Suddenly, one "log"
opened its mouth to show a big white inside and then slithered into
the dark water. The gator had been sunning itself and leaves had
fallen onto his back and the mud on his back made him look just like
one of the rotten logs.
We retreated to more solid ground and walked deeper into the swamp
staying on areas we could walk without going into the water and being
careful to look ahead. No more gators and we finally found the third
spring, small and far enough into the water where we could not really
get to it all that revealed it was the pool of clear water.
Better to be in the woods dodging gators than to be inside.


Gosharoonie, when I was seven or eight, I used to hike with my buddies
along what is now called the Regicides Trail. There was a mountain
spring that cascaded down through the rocks and we'd walk to a point
where you could get a hell of a cold drink if you held your head upside
down under the mini-waterfall. Oh...plenty of snakes up there, too. We
had a pact with them...we left them alone and they left us alone. No
alligators.

On Jan 18, 12:09*pm, "H :) K" wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Went "Swamp Stompin" yesterday in search of springs deep in the swamps
north of Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee. *Several small springs are
listed as being up in the woods there and we even had GPS coords.
Believing the cold might still be keeping the snakes in their holes so
it might be safer to walk in the muck along the edge of the swamp we
went looking for em.
First one was easy to find near a trail, a small pool about 15' across
with clear water and a good outflow. *GPS showed the next one well
into the swamp.
Finally "found" the next one by seeing the clear water about 150' out
into the swamp and we tried to get near it by stepping from one
cypress knee to another across logs and branches. *Suddenly, one "log"
opened its mouth to show a big white inside and then slithered into
the dark water. *The gator had been sunning itself and leaves had
fallen onto his back and the mud on his back made him look just like
one of the rotten logs.
We retreated to more solid ground and walked deeper into the swamp
staying on areas we could walk without going into the water and being
careful to look ahead. *No more gators and we finally found the third
spring, small and far enough into the water where we could not really
get to it all that revealed it was the pool of clear water.
Better to be in the woods dodging gators than to be inside.

Gosharoonie, when I was seven or eight, I used to hike with my buddies
along what is now called the Regicides Trail. There was a mountain
spring that cascaded down through the rocks and we'd walk to a point
where you could get a hell of a cold drink if you held your head upside
down under the mini-waterfall. Oh...plenty of snakes up there, too. We
had a pact with them...we left them alone and they left us alone. No
alligators.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Where did you find the time, what with having to take practice tests,
work in your father's alleged marina, screwing all of the girls for
miles around, building boats, and on and on? Also, you've condemned a
lot of people here for doing anything the least adventurous with their
kids, or allowing their kids to. Therefore, your mother and father
must have been horrible parents to allow you to go somewhere snake
infested. And what's the real laugh of all this is, snakes are cold
blooded and here you are around a mountain stream and afraid of them!!!

Loogypicker wrote:
On Jan 18, 12:09 pm, "H :) K" wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Went "Swamp Stompin" yesterday in search of springs deep in the swamps
north of Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee. Several small springs are
listed as being up in the woods there and we even had GPS coords.
Believing the cold might still be keeping the snakes in their holes so
it might be safer to walk in the muck along the edge of the swamp we
went looking for em.
First one was easy to find near a trail, a small pool about 15' across
with clear water and a good outflow. GPS showed the next one well
into the swamp.
Finally "found" the next one by seeing the clear water about 150' out
into the swamp and we tried to get near it by stepping from one
cypress knee to another across logs and branches. Suddenly, one "log"
opened its mouth to show a big white inside and then slithered into
the dark water. The gator had been sunning itself and leaves had
fallen onto his back and the mud on his back made him look just like
one of the rotten logs.
We retreated to more solid ground and walked deeper into the swamp
staying on areas we could walk without going into the water and being
careful to look ahead. No more gators and we finally found the third
spring, small and far enough into the water where we could not really
get to it all that revealed it was the pool of clear water.
Better to be in the woods dodging gators than to be inside.
Gosharoonie, when I was seven or eight, I used to hike with my buddies
along what is now called the Regicides Trail. There was a mountain
spring that cascaded down through the rocks and we'd walk to a point
where you could get a hell of a cold drink if you held your head upside
down under the mini-waterfall. Oh...plenty of snakes up there, too. We
had a pact with them...we left them alone and they left us alone. No
alligators.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Where did you find the time, what with having to take practice tests,
work in your father's alleged marina, screwing all of the girls for
miles around, building boats, and on and on? Also, you've condemned a
lot of people here for doing anything the least adventurous with their
kids, or allowing their kids to. Therefore, your mother and father
must have been horrible parents to allow you to go somewhere snake
infested. And what's the real laugh of all this is, snakes are cold
blooded and here you are around a mountain stream and afraid of them!!!

How far *did* you get in school, loogy? Did you complete high school?
You don't seem to have much in the way of educational underpinnings.

We had a small variety of snakes in Connecticut, and that variety
included timber rattlesnakes and copperheads. The rattlers liked to sun
themselves on the rocky outcroppings, just as they do in other
geographical areas.

Did your parents have any children who were not challenged? My guess is
that it is only by the grace of god you can wipe yourself.

On Jan 18, 12:25*pm, "H :) K" wrote:
Loogypicker wrote:
On Jan 18, 12:09 pm, "H :) K" wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Went "Swamp Stompin" yesterday in search of springs deep in the swamps
north of Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee. *Several small springs are
listed as being up in the woods there and we even had GPS coords.
Believing the cold might still be keeping the snakes in their holes so
it might be safer to walk in the muck along the edge of the swamp we
went looking for em.
First one was easy to find near a trail, a small pool about 15' across
with clear water and a good outflow. *GPS showed the next one well
into the swamp.
Finally "found" the next one by seeing the clear water about 150' out
into the swamp and we tried to get near it by stepping from one
cypress knee to another across logs and branches. *Suddenly, one "log"
opened its mouth to show a big white inside and then slithered into
the dark water. *The gator had been sunning itself and leaves had
fallen onto his back and the mud on his back made him look just like
one of the rotten logs.
We retreated to more solid ground and walked deeper into the swamp
staying on areas we could walk without going into the water and being
careful to look ahead. *No more gators and we finally found the third
spring, small and far enough into the water where we could not really
get to it all that revealed it was the pool of clear water.
Better to be in the woods dodging gators than to be inside.
Gosharoonie, when I was seven or eight, I used to hike with my buddies
along what is now called the Regicides Trail. There was a mountain
spring that cascaded down through the rocks and we'd walk to a point
where you could get a hell of a cold drink if you held your head upside
down under the mini-waterfall. Oh...plenty of snakes up there, too. We
had a pact with them...we left them alone and they left us alone. No
alligators.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Where did you find the time, what with having to take practice tests,
work in your father's alleged marina, screwing all of the girls for
miles around, building boats, and on and on? Also, you've condemned a
lot of people here for doing anything the least adventurous with their
kids, or allowing their kids to. Therefore, your mother and father
must have been horrible parents to allow you to go somewhere snake
infested. And what's the real laugh of all this is, snakes are cold
blooded and here you are around a mountain stream and afraid of them!!!

How far *did* you get in school, loogy? Did you complete high school?
You don't seem to have much in the way of educational underpinnings.

We had a small variety of snakes in Connecticut, and that variety
included timber rattlesnakes and copperheads. The rattlers liked to sun
themselves on the rocky outcroppings, just as they do in other
geographical areas.

Did your parents have any children who were not challenged? My guess is
that it is only by the grace of god you can wipe yourself.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You stupid fat fool!

First of all, I never said there weren't snakes in CT, moron. I know
good and well what types are there. Same as in western NY. What I DID
say is that they damned sure weren't going to active any where near a
very cold stream. I ran the woods in western NY constantly, and I can
count on one hand the number of times I saw a live rattlesnake. Why?
because it's friggin' cold there and they tend to stay well below or
in caves.

Loogypicker wrote:

You stupid fat fool!

First of all, I never said there weren't snakes in CT, moron. I know
good and well what types are there. Same as in western NY. What I DID
say is that they damned sure weren't going to active any where near a
very cold stream. I ran the woods in western NY constantly, and I can
count on one hand the number of times I saw a live rattlesnake. Why?
because it's friggin' cold there and they tend to stay well below or
in caves.


Frankly, loogy, I doubt you can wipe yourself without help.

H :) K wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Went "Swamp Stompin" yesterday in search of springs deep in the swamps
north of Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee. Several small springs are
listed as being up in the woods there and we even had GPS coords.
Believing the cold might still be keeping the snakes in their holes so
it might be safer to walk in the muck along the edge of the swamp we
went looking for em.
First one was easy to find near a trail, a small pool about 15' across
with clear water and a good outflow. GPS showed the next one well
into the swamp.
Finally "found" the next one by seeing the clear water about 150' out
into the swamp and we tried to get near it by stepping from one
cypress knee to another across logs and branches. Suddenly, one "log"
opened its mouth to show a big white inside and then slithered into
the dark water. The gator had been sunning itself and leaves had
fallen onto his back and the mud on his back made him look just like
one of the rotten logs.
We retreated to more solid ground and walked deeper into the swamp
staying on areas we could walk without going into the water and being
careful to look ahead. No more gators and we finally found the third
spring, small and far enough into the water where we could not really
get to it all that revealed it was the pool of clear water.
Better to be in the woods dodging gators than to be inside.


Gosharoonie, when I was seven or eight, I used to hike with my buddies
along what is now called the Regicides Trail. There was a mountain
spring that cascaded down through the rocks and we'd walk to a point
where you could get a hell of a cold drink if you held your head upside
down under the mini-waterfall. Oh...plenty of snakes up there, too. We
had a pact with them...we left them alone and they left us alone. No
alligators.

If I recall correctly there was a dairy farm upstream that insured we
got plenty of nutrients from that hell of a cold drink.

Frogwatch wrote:
Went "Swamp Stompin" yesterday in search of springs deep in the swamps
north of Wakulla Springs near Tallahassee. Several small springs are
listed as being up in the woods there and we even had GPS coords.
Believing the cold might still be keeping the snakes in their holes so
it might be safer to walk in the muck along the edge of the swamp we
went looking for em.
First one was easy to find near a trail, a small pool about 15' across
with clear water and a good outflow. GPS showed the next one well
into the swamp.
Finally "found" the next one by seeing the clear water about 150' out
into the swamp and we tried to get near it by stepping from one
cypress knee to another across logs and branches. Suddenly, one "log"
opened its mouth to show a big white inside and then slithered into
the dark water. The gator had been sunning itself and leaves had
fallen onto his back and the mud on his back made him look just like
one of the rotten logs.
We retreated to more solid ground and walked deeper into the swamp
staying on areas we could walk without going into the water and being
careful to look ahead. No more gators and we finally found the third
spring, small and far enough into the water where we could not really
get to it all that revealed it was the pool of clear water.
Better to be in the woods dodging gators than to be inside.
You should take Krause for a walk in the woods.

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:58:10 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Went "Swamp Stompin" yesterday in search of springs deep in the swamps

You're missing some great weather on the Gulf right now. We just
started south, Keys tomorrow, weather calm and warm.