...And finally, where there are frogs, there will be things that eat frogs. This colorful snake shot abruptly out of the vegetation towards me just as I was snapping its picture. Maybe an attempt to intimidate, or possibly just a photo ham.

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And that, folks, is the end of the picture tour. The next day looked like the best break in the weather to make it back through the mountains, so we hit the road in the morning and drove 12 hours to the good old Mckenzie valley. It had been fun, but it was good to be home.