A few shots of Beau and Adam evicting one of the local residence of Heroe's Hideout. A five foot plus Bull snake.
Bullsnakes are important members of the food chain. They are also very useful to humans by controlling rodents and may save farmers hundreds of dollars in rodent damage. Because they are excellent mousers, some people will let a bullsnake live in a barn or under a porch. Even though this one got temporarily evicted I'm sure he'll be back for another easy meal.
From what I understand Hero's family has had a cabin along the maquoketa river since the 1930's. We've spent the last two days down below a lime stone bluff in a small cabin rebuilding the porch, removing artifacts and coon proofing it.
My time their has brought back many fond memories of our family land and cabin located in Backbone state park . Iowa's first state park and arguably remains Iowa's best state park. Our cabin was located along a southern slope of a valley which lead to the maquoketa river.
Many a day was spent running around the bluff land exploring, watching wildlife and hunting mushrooms and many evenings were spent boating, swimming and grilling out followed by family card games and cozy cabin.
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