Brother's Campout

Last weekend we went on a campout with just the men in the family. We missed you Jay and Thayne. It was fun that Nathan was there to do the hard work digging.

We had a pretty good day on Saturday with the wildlife sightings.

Thank you Bryan for all of these great shots.

Ground Snake 1

We found him on the ground.

Desert Iguana Deluxe
Nathan dove for him like a scene from a movie. It was great.
Ground Snake 2 Close-up
We let him go on the ground.

Chuckawalla 1
I have to test the bite of every lizard great or small.

He may be a vegatarian, but he bites like a carnivore.

Chuckawalla 2
Another diving catch by Nathan.

Rattle Snake

(not sure on the type)

Jumping Cactus and my shoe

Some crazy looking bugs.

Scout training

We did a scout leader training campout for new leaders in our stake over the weekend and I taught the section on wildlife identification. This is what we found under a rock about 3 feet away from the ramada. I took this with my camera phone so the quality is low.

He was not happy in our re-location efforts.

Jayden's bug collection

David's frog

First off--to all the brothers--I need to know if this is a poisonous frog?? If it is we're not keeping it, if it isn't...I'll think about keeping it...maybe... David spotted him while we were in the flower section at Lowes this morning. I told him if he wanted to take it home, he would have to catch it by himself (I wasn't going to touch it). So he crawled under the flower tables and chased it around for a while (it was freezing outside so the frog was kind of slower), trying to get it out in the open. He would touch it to get it to hop, but he was too scared to pick it up. In the meantime, I ran over with the other kids and grabbed a small flower pot. David finally chased it out into the walkway and luckily I got it to hop right into my pot (that's my way of catching stuff). I had to buy the pot but not the frog...the nice clerk said we could keep it. I think we were entertaining all the old people that were there, luckily I didn't see anybody I knew. Oh, and calling all Clark dads and cousins...I need you to train David on the art of reptile catching because I can't.

kinda lame...

(My camera stinks!) But it was exciting for the Gibbens girls!

We found this whip-tale stuck in our garage. It was half dead so I was able to catch it (they're so dang fast!) "It's not dead, ITS ALIVE!" (we should figure out who all has the true Clark thumb.)

Slimy Salamanders

I found two slimy salamanders under a board the other day while I was running. They are actually called Slimy Salamanders because they "exude a slimy substance that is difficult to remove from the hands". They can get as long as 8 inches. I let them go in our front yard under our pine straw bed.

Gotta love random wildlife!

This thing just wandered into our yard yesterday. Crazy!

Actually our long time neighbor Royal has 5 of these. The biggest is seen here, his name is Scampy. He brought him by yesterday and the kids (and I) just loved it. The HOA will love him too, cause he cleared our front yard of weeds in about 20 minutes. Thanks Scampy!!!