jen (aka b.n.e., best neighbor ever) and ryan went on a roadtrip. they took six weeks to meander across the states and hit the sites. at the apex they saw both jeff and reb in mass as well as the bean queen, raelene, in new york city. they got back last night and today jen unraveled one of the stories they picked up on the way.
while in oregon they spent a night in a campground next to a man and a woman who were camping with cats. "the cats are nothing," the man said, "you should see the 10-foot boa constrictor we have with us." they didn't see the snake and the next morning the man and woman were gone, on their way to their next destination. and i'm sure as jen and ry got on the road they never thought they would think of that strange meeting again.
that was until two days later.
they were in olympia, washington after two days of traveling and meandering. jen had just left a restroom and ryan was just heading into one. jen walked back to the truck and as she passed the hood, something caught the corner of her eye.
"snake! snake!" she yelled and she ran to the restroom and began to bang on the door to get ryan. all the comotion also summoned a few onlookers who came to see if they could help.
sure enough, there was a snake's head peering out at them from underneath the car. sure enough the entire 10-foot boa constrictor had wrapped its body around the engine of the car. sure enough -- or as the sweet luck of serendipity would have it -- one of the onlookers was a snake-lover. he volunteered to remove the big boa and happily began to do so.
luckily jen had her camera handy.
one: snake peering out from the truck's underbelly
two: snake wrapped around the engine
three: snake lover pulling snake out from the truck
four: snake fully out
needless to say, snake-lover guy has a new slithering friend.
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