This is a year for snakes, for sure. In the last month or so, I’ve seen three of them while out riding; and that’s more than I ever saw in all the previous years combined!

I wasn’t able to identify any of those reptiles; but I suppose they were some kind of water snakes. The first two had patterned skin; and the one I spotted this morning looked all black. I couldn’t positively identify it, because I was moving too fast to get a good look; but it might have been a cottonmouth. I’m glad it was on the opposite side of the path!

Most snakes in the USA are non-venomous and harmless to humans; or they are so far. In recent years we hear of pythons in the Everglades; and pythons can grow big enough to be a danger. Early this week there was a report in the news about a cobra on the loose in North Carolina! I hope they catch that cobra; and I hope the Everglades can be cleared of pythons.

If I ever have my own place, with a garden in the yard, I won’t mind having a few kingsnakes around. They’ll help keep vermin under control. I won’t, however, go out of my way to find them!

That’s enough about those crawling creatures now. I have to make plans for this weekend’s riding!

I though of skipping the salvage store tomorrow to go to Whole Foods, because I want some things that the salvage store probably won’t have; but then I remembered that I have Monday off. I can go to the salvage store as usual; and hit Whole Foods on Monday! It looks like I might be OK as far as weather goes; but we’ll see!