Oh Crap...Snake!

[brianc]

So I went out to a new place to ride, north of town today. It was a very wild place. No other people around and it looks as if no one had been there in months. I decided it was time to take my 10D on a bike ride. So I loaded up the camera and both lenses in a pack and threw my normal hydratoin pack over that. Wow how do people ride with that much weight.

After the first shooting session I was walking up and arroyo. I just about stepped on something big and red. thankfull his/she was juas as scared as I was. and up the tree she flew.

I had the camera with the 70-200mm around my neck. Anyone know what kind of snake this is? No rattle. about 4 feet long and 1.5-2 inches in diameter.

very cool experience. I hadn't come across many snakes in my time in the desert. but I'm gald I had the camera to capture it. (one twig, grrrr)

The rest are a few action/scenery shots from the area.