Salamanders ROCK!

As mentioned in my other blog (www.blog.myspace.com/southnmist), Rick and I were walking to the deck when he noticed "something" crawling across the concrete. I thought this little guy was WAY COOL and picked him up. Rick and Jonathan wouldn't touch it. Wimps! hahaha Anyway, I haven't determined exactly which variety of creature he is; I thought it was a newt but he may be a salamander. He sort of resembles the Blue Ridge salamander (makes sense, we live in the Blue Ridge North subdivision LOL) but the map says they don't venture this far south. Ah who cares? LOL he was fun to play with but I put him in the nice wet leaves for him to continue on his journey. I hope he made it to where he wanted to go! LOL!