Salamanders

As we hopped rocks climbing a cascading stream north of Devil’s Fork Gap, John yelled out “look what you missed!” There, on the wet rocks, an equally aqueous brown salamander blending right in. For the next hour, we amused ourselves looking for them amid wet rocks and mud. There were many, all well camoflauged. As John said, “I think salamander pee is the special ingredient in these mountain streams.”