On a new path

Clairaudience

Went to the park yesterday in Marietta - a gorgeous day after so many snowy, rainy days. The dog was with me and she was way too excited to do regular walking, so I took her to the other end of the park to blow off steam. Choice one was the creek by the bridge, but there were a few folks about. Choice two was some scrubby woods that I could unclip her without worrying about bothering many people. The word "Snake" came to mind, subtle, like I had mentally said it to myself. I decided on the creek instead.

Dog was ecstatic when I pointed down the 7 foot high sandy bank and said, "Stick!" She is so much fun to watch. She would zoom down the bank, hit the water and put her head under to grab at sticks. She'd bring up anything from arm sized to 3 feet long, charging with enough momentum to scramble up to the top of the bank, for me to throw again into the moving water. After about 15 minutes of this, I knew she'd be sore in the morning even tho she showed no sign of slowing down. Off we went to do normal walking in the park.

After a few rounds I decided to go across the bridge to a spot to sit for a while and watch and rest. We found a bench and sat. A couple with a young daughter were playing - the mom had stayed on the far bank near the scrub woods, the dad was with the 3(?) yo girl and she was wondering how mom got to the other side! They were fun to watch. At one point the mom went up the bank to get to another part of the bank. I heard an "eep! Oh wow." She made her way back to her original spot by the creek commenting, "There was a snake slithering around, I'm not going to go that way."

p.s. I've been in that area before and never seen any snakes.