Thanks for an enjoyable read, congrats on what is - even if you missed some species - rather an impressive list and even more so on the upcoming addition to your family
Much as I appreciate nice pictures of interesting critters my favourite parts of the report were perhaps those little tidbits on vacation herping with family, all of which seemed awfully familiar
I knowingly did not prepare the trip into every detail, like I am used to. I knew that would tempt me to make the shortlist not as short. Ignorance serves as a way of keeping the family peace. Now, after the trip, I know that minimal effort would have brought several additional species.
I do it that way every time.
...making a weak attempt to find [insert random desideratum]. Lack of persistence on my part to try stretching my better half’s patience did not allow to meet that goal.
While [insert random list of wife and child names] were still in the visitor centre shop, I went outside...
The family was getting anxious to move on, so I quickly snapped some pictures.
Again, all very recognizable. While my list of finds on family trips is of course always somewhat shorter than on dedicated herping trips, the number of decent quality photos decreases much more.
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:52 am
the rest... boring herpstuff..