Add-on to June 3, 2018

This is a picture of another kind of animal that happens to be around here.  I have sent this to my kids but thought that others would be interested in this.  Background story:  across the road from where we live is the Nauvoo State Park and we would often go walking in the evening.  One evening in late May we walked farther in the park and found a lake that people were fishing at but we just continued on up to the temple and watched the sunset then headed back home.  The next morning, a missionary (Elder & Sis. Christensen) asked us if we had seen this.  They were walking along on the other side of the lake and suddenly, she said "STOP!"  He looked up and saw this at about eye level.

It is actually TWO cottonmouth water mocassins !  GROSS!!!  Needless to say, we have not been back there!!  He took the picture of them to have a warden verify that is what they were and he texted one to me.  Apparently they can be very aggressive and are poisonous AND they do climb trees.  It is really not something that I want to see in person.
         Another kind of animal that we see ALOT of here are Canada geese and their young.  They have a favorite area just south of us next to the river and they don't move or scatter off the road if they are crossing so you have to come to a stop and allow them to waddle on over.
       Another thing.....you know how we see gophers as road kill on the roads at home.  Well, here you see racoons.  They are always along the side of the roads . People here have to take extra precautions with their gardens and garbage to discourage them from foraging and ruining their yards.