Why I Like Colorado More than Florida - Reason # 4,568

So, last weekend Craig went into the garage to get Dexter his dinner. He filled up the dog dish, turned around and what did he find right in his path?......................................

No, it's not plastic - yes, it's real!! It creeps me out just looking at the picture all over again. Mom & Dave were over, so while me, Mom and Merrick barricaded ourselves in the house, Craig and Dave somehow managed to get the snake out of the garage and into our yard somewhere. Ya, that's comforting right?? He's still slithering around somewhere in our yard!!!!!!

We did some research, as well as talk to our neighbor who is a self-proclaimed expert in Florida wildlife, and determined it was a King Snake and was not poisonous. Our house backs up to a preserve, which is really cool in the sense that we have no neighbors against our back yard, but really uncool in the sense that we can expect to see snakes and other creatures from time to time.

I SOOOOOO miss the days of Colorado where you didn't have crazy looking snakes, man-eating mosquitoes and other disgusting creatures. Uggh.