When our son was a toddler, we lived in a pleasant neighborhood, built into the California hills west of Los Angeles. There was a small park within walking distance of our home, and we went there frequently. Above our neighborhood, there was another park, with playing fields and playground equipment and a paved walking trail that wandered along the hillside.
We went to this other park once. Once.
After being greeted by this sign, we never went back:
Linking up with Ivy at Uncharted for Six Sentence Stories with the prompt "park."
I agree as I would have stayed away too. Snakes are always cross they weren't legs like us!
ReplyDeleteI omitted the "given" before legs!
DeleteI can hardly look at a PICTURE of a snake, let alone run across a rattlesnake in a nice park!
DeleteEEK! Give them space was all? WOW... so it was okay to just hang in the same area? Once... I agree! Thanks Dyanne for linking up! Im so happy to see you here!
ReplyDeleteI gave them so much space, I went home!
DeleteThanks, Ivy! Lisa suggested I join in.
Rattlesnakes, tigers, and bears, oh, no. I bet your heart skipped a beat or two when you saw that sign!
ReplyDeleteDon't even get me started on mountain lion potential!
DeleteAh ya big chicken. :)
ReplyDeleteYou know it.
DeleteHaHa! I love this! I bet most people do not go back!
ReplyDeleteIt was a popular park, but certainly not with chickens like me!
DeleteIf the park had swings, I would still go back, and enjoy the space and quiet from all the people to skeert to come near the maybe-snakes.
ReplyDeleteNot. Worth. It.
DeleteYeah....that would give me pause as well...I've gone into parks with grizzly and wolf warnings and once you are there, you think about it. Or at least I do.
ReplyDeleteI would have spent all my time watching for a snake that I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the park. And add a toddler into the mix and forget it.
DeleteOh YIKES! Great story, but scary!
ReplyDeleteLol, seems like a good way to out people off visiting!
ReplyDeletePopping by on the A to Z Road Trip
Debbie
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