A few Vacation Pics! (DU difficulty ahead!)

[JLC]

Hey folks!

We're finally back...weary from a very long drive into the wee hours of the morning. We had an awesome time visiting with family and such. I won't bore you with the slideshows from that, but I figured y'all would enjoy some pictures from the show in Arlington we were able to attend.

I got to meet Chris (Cueball!!!) and hang out with him a bit. He introduced me to Bob Clark, which was very cool! Bob was pretty busy, but I did get to spend some time chatting with one of the guys working his booth. They were awesome! I also got to meet Mike Wilbanks and Tony Hurt! I got to spend a fair amount of time talking with Tony. He's a great guy! Everybody was! And just as we were on our way out, I finally got to meet Becky (SatanicIntention) as she was coming in. I was very glad I didn't miss her! VERY sorry, though, that I wasn't able to meet up with anyone else!

Alrighty...without further ado...here's some pics!


A very sweet little albino! (The flash made its eye look all weird) Holding this baby made me seriously reassess my opinion of albinos in general...SO pretty!!


A wee little Lesser!


A very sweet Butter! Chris kept trying to talk me into buying it...as if I was walking around with $6000 in my pocket! Silly Cueball!


And here's Mr. Silly himself! (With me, of course...so there I am, in case any of you were curious!) I'm holding the Butter in that pic, standing beside Bob Clark's table. And you can get a peek of my husband lurking in the background...


Curiosity overwhelmed any aversion I may have had, and I finally touched and held my first millipede. Their bodies feel like little armored tubes...and their little feet grip very tightly! It was a bit of a challenge getting it off and back into its enclosure. I'm glad for the experience that has fulfilled the curiosity...I don't think I feel any need to own one, though. LOL


My daughter Petra, and I standing at Tony Hurt's table. That's him right behind us. He was awesome to talk to! Petra is holding a VPI axanthic that made me realize Internet pictures indeed NEVER do these guys justice...even as mature as that one was, it looked strikingly different from a "normal" BP...very beautiful! And I had a very sweet little Spider that just wanted to crawl into my purse and go home with me! (I had to tell her "no." )


Petra holding a very sweet Olive Python


Petra standing beside Bob Clark's "Fluffy." This picture was the closest I could come to capturing the enormity of this snake...and it doesn't really come close to seeing it in person. AMAzing!!!


And just for fun....a picture of the kids at a fun little park we went to in McKinney. They had a blast running around in the fountains that sprayed up out of the ground. My kids are Petra, Austin, and Nathaniel. Zack & Alex are my brother's twin boys. (I'm not 100% sure I got the names attached to the right ones! LOL)

Anyhow....thanks for letting me share! Hope you enjoyed them! Now to try and catch up on a mountain of threads!

[Emilio]

Great pic's Judy glad you had fun with the family. It's awesome when you get to see all those bp's and reptile's , plus you get to meet your buddie's and Bp legend's-Bob Clark.
(WOW YOU HELD A LESSER) Can't wait til daytona!!!!

[Nate]

very cool very very nice pictures. I finally know who I'm looking for next week See you then !

[tigerlily]

Welcome Back!!

Looks like you had a blast! How wonderful you got to meet so many cool people. (I'm so jealous!)

[muddoc]

Judy, shows are great. It sounds like you had a blast. If you go to the Arlington show in February, maybe we'll see you there.

[SarahMB]

Great pics of the show! They had some really amazing creatures there, I wish I could have been there all day, haha.
I was really sorry we missed meeting you, but I'm glad to hear you had a great visit.

[python kid]

Nice pictures!That leech looking thing freaked me out,now i feel like things are crawling on me.

[stangs13]

YEEEAYYAA!!! Awsome pics Judy!!!!! Is fluffy a tiger retic?! I thought she was a normal... Your making me all exited Judy!!!!!! i want to meet Cue so bad!! iM TRYING TO ALSO GET MY PARENTS INTO GOING TO THE narbc SHOW IN FEB!! dang caps lock always geting in my way... The spider is so cute!! and your daughter looks like she was scared of that Olive Python! lol. And your husband looks as if hes saying " I cant belive how much that one snake caust!!"

[stangs13]

Judy, shows are great. It sounds like you had a blast. If you go to the Arlington show in February, maybe we'll see you there.

Ohhh!! Now i deff need to go to arlington in feb!!

[JLC]

and your daughter looks like she was scared of that Olive Python! lol. And your husband looks as if hes saying " I cant belive how much that one snake caust!!"

Hehe...Petra isn't afraid of anything! She's just studying it. And I do believe you're right about my hubby....he was impressed with how much the snakes cost. I wish he'd've had a chance to talk to some of the breeders about the BP market, but he was busy keeping up with our sons who were bored with the whole thing.

Yes, apparently Fluffy is a tiger retic, which I hadn't realized until I saw her in person.

I won't be at the show in Feb, as we live in Tucson and the kids will be in school and all. I was just grateful that our annual vacation to Dallas coincided with the August show.

Python Kid....it's not a leach in any sense of the word...but I can relate to the sensation of something crawling on you. LOL The rest of the day, I kept rubbing my hand 'cause I couldn't get rid of the sensation of all those teeny little claws clinging to my hand!

Thanks for the kind words, all! 'Twas a great vacation, but I'm SOOO glad to be home! Y'all were all missed, too!