{"id":4101,"date":"2014-04-12T21:15:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T04:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2014-04-12T21:15:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T04:15:04","slug":"fuzzy-and-not-so-fuzzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/fuzzy-and-not-so-fuzzy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuzzy and not so Fuzzy"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a little cool this morning and very cloudy. With as warm as it has been, it was nice to have a change. It would be a good hiking day so I headed to Box Springs Mountain Park. I made it up to the spot where I took pictures of the sunset a couple of days ago. Thee grey sky was nothing like the vibrant sky of the sunset.<\/p>\n

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One thing I was noticing today was an abundance of black fuzzy caterpillars. They were climbing to the top of flowers or anything that they could find. I thought it would make them a target for birds. I did a little research and I believe they are the arachnis picta caterpillar for the Painted Tiger moth.<\/p>\n

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I was moving at a record pace for my hike I wanted to beat my last time of almost two hours and thirty two minutes for the 6.64 mile hike. I then came to someone sunning themselves in the middle of the trail. I quietly and slowly moved around him while taking pictures. You can click on the picture if you want the snake to get bigger.<\/p>\n

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I got the the other side and shot a little video. I then went to put my phone back in my pocket and my hiking poles struck each other making noise. The noise got the snakes hackles up. Then again, I do not think snakes have hackles much less armpits. Nonetheless, the snake was alarmed and took a defensive position. Some may say that it was an offensive position. However, I just think he wanted to be left alone.<\/p>\n

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As for my hike, I was just under two minutes longer than the week before. That is 6.64 miles in 1 hour and almost 34 minutes. I guess next time I will have to pick up the pace to allow me a little time to take pictures of the Fuzzy and not so Fuzzy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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