3. SERPENT MOUND

Peebles, Ohio

7/10/2009

Next stop was the Serpent Mound, the largest effigy earthworks in the world. There’s a joke in my family about my uncle. He was a teacher too and he used to take his students on field trips to the zoo. But apparently he wasn’t one for lingering at an exhibit long enough for anyone to actually see what it. “Look at the monkey. Move on,” has become an expression in our family. The Serpent Mound is impressive, and definitely worth seeing. But ten minutes is all you need. Look at the monkey. Move on.