Every fall (and an occasional spring) we go to Hamburg, PA for the Northwestern Berks Reptile Show. We used to just rush to the show, but we fell in love with eastern Pennsylvania, so we now make a total week's vacation out of it.
Here's a shot of me, just getting there on Saturday morning, at the October show...I'm excited!
Have to wear those darn glasses to read the fine print on the deli cups! And there were lots and lots of deli cups!
The weather could not have been better. The show opened up at 9:00, and the line went from the building, down along the chain link that separates the old cemetary from the field house, and back to the main road. At 10:00, even after the doors had been open for an hour, with people flowing in, the line did not seem to be getting much shorter.
Each show is different in that the variety changes some year-to-year, and season-to-season. We go primarily to see and/or purchase some of the "hot" animals, but there are always plenty of other herps, many quite unusual, to see and enjoy. I cannot remember what kind of snakes these were; appear to be Epicrates ssp., nonvenomous, for sure, but look at the color difference in the pair. Breeding these two would be fun to see what popped out!
If you like lizards, ya gotta love this guy!
We left him and his offspring there, but we did pick up a few odds and ends, made it back to the motel, and called it another successful trip!
Here's a shot of me, just getting there on Saturday morning, at the October show...I'm excited!
We left him and his offspring there, but we did pick up a few odds and ends, made it back to the motel, and called it another successful trip!
