"Both times I've thrown down my bike and stopped to see if the snake was ok"

I just love a woman who brakes for snakes! Many times I've used sticks like giant chopsticks to push large (and very pissed) snapping turtles off the road so they didn't get smushed.

Cycling is such a wonderful way to see stuff. I pass a lovely old wreck of a farm, with ruins of a stone wall. There's a corner still standing - over 5 feet tall, like an ancient pedestal. And on top of it on morning - one very proud groundhog.