Northern Water Snake

Took the Coffey — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-05-18 — for a test drive today. I was terrible. But I didn't flip it. Yet. I'm pretty sure I'm going to flip in this one, though. Longer and faster means less stable from side-to-side. I could have gone for a swim more than a dozen times and there were upwards of a half-dozen strokes that were so bad I don't know how I managed to stay out of the water. Like I posted a couple years ago when I rowed one of Roland's longer shells, "humility."

»»» And flip, I did: https://365project.org/rhoing/365/2020-09-09

I relied on one of my 4 or so wildlife experts who used her contacts to confirm that this is a Northern water snake. S/he was in the shallow water at the dock, darting into the rocks when I moved.

1 year ago (“Lines & angles”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-05-19
2 years ago (“Iris”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-05-19
3 years ago (“If we draw conclusions from what we can see…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-19
4 years ago (“Selfie @ 70”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-19

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