Thursday, ‎June ‎8, ‎2023, walking around with snakes about on the Long Trail in Vermont

Watch out for the snakes wrapped in the bushes near your feet, just saying. More of a freight than a significant problem but all the same might want to keep peripheral vision turned up a notch. There are people who would blast that snake off the branch with high velocity bear spray and those who would pick it up and fancy a living necklace for a laugh. I would stay somewhere firmly in between those extremes if possible and maybe just walk around it when it moves away as you stand in awe and be happy, he wasn't in your boot when you woke up this morning. By the way if your wondering where you can easily pick up a tick its these tall grasses. Luckily there was no infestation at that time. Typically spring and fall you have troubles with tics more.