With Spring comes rain and with rain comes critters who like being wet. We have seen many reptiles this week including the red eft which is the precursor to the Northeastern News. The r d eft develops from larvae hatched in the water. When it reaches sexual maturity on land it returns to the water and grows gills, loses its legs and becomes a newt. Here’s the red eft. In addition to the red eft we ran across these other reptiles. Perhaps they were looking for red eft lunches? We are not sure why a turtle and bullfrog would be hanging out at near 4000 feet if not for food! There was also a small black snake with an orange collar but he was too quick for me to get a picture!  The rat snake (black) was at least 36 inches long and really startled Jared and me. We are taking our 5th zero today in Waynesboro, VA and Sunday (Mother’s Day) begin Shenandoah National Park. We are excited about this as there is less severe elevation changes and we hope for some highe...