I went trout fishing on one of our visits down there a few years ago.
As time wore on, I saw more and more snakes. Just a glimpse as the tail went under a rock, or a full-on snake as it swam across the creek right next to my fishing line without a care in the world.
According to my research after the fact they were all non-poisonous (Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake) and basically harmless, but it was definitely different than what I’m used to in the north country.
Felt like I was surrounded by snakes.
Yeah, coming from WA State I am quite ill at ease anywhere off the beaten path in the southeast/east. Definitely not my hood. Even in California hiking, I came onto this coral snake looking thing that somewhat freaked me out.
Yeah. You know there are a lot of snakes when you skip a rock across the river and it breaks one’s back against a rock on the far shore. A lot of turtles, too. I remember one big water snake sunning on a tree over the river.