Ken Haptonstall
Member
Hello Everyone - We had a great trip to Lake Powell last week. Fun fishing, boating and having a few beverages. Wednesday morning we were getting ready to make a run to the marina and I was puttering around my speed boat. Looked in a hold to get some ropes ready and found a nice looking snake sitting on top of my extension cord. On closure examination, it was a rattle snake. After a little consternation about WTF, we decided to get in touch with National Parks Folks.
After many of hours of talking back and forth with NP dispatch, we had Ranger Nick come down and help remove the snake from the boat. I'm not sure how the snake got on my boat, as I keep it tied up to the back of the houseboat. I'm not sure how long the snake was on the boat, but I will tell you I had been reaching in the same hold two nights previous to finding the snake, looking for some bungee ropes to deal with some wind issues. In all likelihood , the snake was in the hold when I was digging for stretchy ropes.
After many of hours of talking back and forth with NP dispatch, we had Ranger Nick come down and help remove the snake from the boat. I'm not sure how the snake got on my boat, as I keep it tied up to the back of the houseboat. I'm not sure how long the snake was on the boat, but I will tell you I had been reaching in the same hold two nights previous to finding the snake, looking for some bungee ropes to deal with some wind issues. In all likelihood , the snake was in the hold when I was digging for stretchy ropes.