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I inadvertently ride by a snake about every three weeks or so heading up Big T at night. Most every time it's too late to swerve and it's just a few inches away when I pass. Sometimes I can tell it's dead, sometimes I can't tell but it's always too late anyways. Sometimes I can tell it's a rattler, sometimes it's black and yellow colored. It's not that I'm not paying attention, it's that at night I'm usually just focused on the white line, just a few feet below me until a snake comes into the frame. Saw a big one last week, not sure what it was, so I have a couple weeks before my next sighting.

I shopped for some small/lightweight cameras at Costco - good prices. Really need to carry one with me on rides. Haven't seen a bear while riding, so maybe that'll happen at some point.