Was yesterday national snake day or what? I nearly ran one over yesterday. It was near the end of my ride and I was at the bottom of a hill, so I didn't stop to get a closer look. The little guy was only about 2 feet long.

And since people are telling stories about the biggest snake, I'll share my smallest snake story. One day last fall my daughter and I were walking out to get the mail. It had been raining so the driveway was a little wet. I looked down and saw what I thought was a worm. Since my daughter loves all types of slimy, crawly things I started to show it to her when I saw what I thought was a tongue flicking out of the front of the "worm". It was at that point I realized it was a snake. At first I thought it was a baby, but to make a long story short, it turned out to be an adult worm snake. We gently picked it up and brought it inside. I let my daughter put it in a glass bowl for a little while, with some wet leaves for cover, so we could learn about it. After a few hours, and lots of pictures, we brought it back outside and let it go in the woods. Until then, I never even knew these things existed.