I was walking the shelter dogs earlier this week and had quite the experience on the walking trail. It was a beautiful day, warm, clear, felt more like spring than winter. However, because of all the rain we’ve had lately the grass surrounding the trail is now extremely overgrown. It’s actually taller than a lot of our small dogs and it’s pretty amusing when they decide to run through it because all you can see is the leash sticking out of the bushes! I was getting ready to leash up another dog when one of the other volunteers says, “Hey, it’s hot, have you seen any of the snakes out there?” Snakes??? I HATE snakes! Snakes and spiders scare the living day lights out of me! I’ve seen snakes on the trail before but I was hoping I wouldn’t have to deal with them until summer was upon us. They are simple garden snakes but that doesn’t really easy my fear. So I spent the rest of the afternoon sprinting on the narrowest parts of the trail, thinking at any moment a snake was going to spring out from the bushes, or one of the dogs was going to bother a little snake family while he or she was snooping around for a place to go to the bathroom. I never saw any snakes, but just knowing they are now out there is enough to thoroughly creep me out!