Adirondack Explorer

Favorite Adirondack snakes

ach of us is born with a personality trait or two that vexes our parents. In my case, the foremost was a love of snakes. My parents weren’t serpent haters, but nor were they ophidiophiles. I, on the other hand, from earliest memory, cherished the company of snakes. So it’s ironic that I should have come to live and work in the

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