The rule 'round here is look before puttin' your foot down. The baby rattlers are coming out onto the road now ... ran over one yesterday. Didn't see him laying there until it was too late, poor thing. I've seen several in the last week, most no more than eight inches long.

On the bright side, we don't get larger reptiles here ... read a thread over on BikeForums recently started by a guy who saw a log in the road up ahead while he was leading a paceline, then realized that it was an alligator!