We Found A New Friend While Walking

My wife Karen and I were doing our daily 5 mile walk along Pacetti Road. She was walking in front when she suddenly stopped and put out both arms. I asked why the heck she stopped in the middle of the road. Karen whispered "Look!" and pointed in front of her. I stepped around her and saw a cute little pigmy rattlesnake sunning himself in the road a couple of feet away. I was afraid he was going to get hit by a passing car so I carefully walked up to shoo him off of the road. As I didn't have a broom or anything to use to send him on his way it was fortunate that he made it easy by scurrying off as I approached closer. You never know what you are going to see on these walks!