thanks!! hear you on not wanting to wear heavy shoes! the couple times i've seen rattlers in the wild, i saw them way prior to walking up to them and so was able to divert my trail. they are certainly worthy of being respected, but i think not overly feared. it's my belief that most snakes don't want to go out of their way to "attack", but rather get spooked or defensive when we get too close or step up on them on accident.

too funny you asked about snakes and i almost included it in the vid, but right after ini finished balancing, we saw a huuuuge snake swimming in the water. not certain on id, but it might've been a copperhead, one of our poisonous snakes around here.

yes, we wrote about ReWilding in that intro post link above, i'm not sure if it caught your eye or not, and referenced Vitalis at the end. he's certainly the inspiration behind this!!!