university mascot
okay, so the other night, as we pulled up to the house from a long evening, i saw this right below our living room window:
of course, joe runs right out and takes a million pictures of the guy. there he was, just plugging away at it, trying to make time across the wall. banana slugs are indigenous to this area, but it's rare that you see one just "around." you usually only see them when you're trapsing through the forest, and even then it's rare. joe tells me of his elementary school days when, on a tour of Fall Creek or some such nature outing, the boys would dare eachother to lick the slug. you were nothing if you didn't lick the slug.
of course, joe runs right out and takes a million pictures of the guy. there he was, just plugging away at it, trying to make time across the wall. banana slugs are indigenous to this area, but it's rare that you see one just "around." you usually only see them when you're trapsing through the forest, and even then it's rare. joe tells me of his elementary school days when, on a tour of Fall Creek or some such nature outing, the boys would dare eachother to lick the slug. you were nothing if you didn't lick the slug.
i don't know. though i have been more and more convicted lately to take joy in all God's creation, i am not ready for such dedicated adulation. but santa cruz has long been fond of these creatures...so much so that University of California Santa Cruz has made it their mascot. yes, The Banana Slugs.
hmm. at any rate, what this guy (i've named him george) was doing on such a rigorous adventure so late at night, i don't know. i only hope he made it safely and that it would be an adventure worthy of telling his grandsons. you never know, we could be a significant part of the story, coming up on him with the camera and all. we either scared him to death or gave him a big head.
posted by jen at
3:42 PM
2 Comments:
That's so funny to Vince and me... Growing up in Santa Cruz we all know seeing a banana slug is "rare." When we were on a trip up there in our first few months of engagement/knowing each other (what's the difference?), I told him how rare it was and we joked, as we walked through the forest, that however many slugs we saw would be a sign (no, we don't believe in signs...) of how many kids we'd have. Well on our short 1/2 mile jaunt, we saw like 22 or 23 banana slugs!!! It was crazy and we were dying laughing. It must have been peak season or something!
Kat
This is such a funny post! :) I actually came across one when I was walking Hector the other night! IN TEXAS??!!! He really startled Dog. I have no idea how he got here, and where he was going, but it sure is a LONG trip back to CA from here! ;)
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