Snake's Alive!

Took a little detour today on my way to the college. Drove out to one of my favorite sites near the lake. Ventured through a picnic area, turned around and headed out of the park.

Nearly missed this guy (or gal?) lying in the middle of the road. Drove a few feet past and thought, Hmm, that looks like a snake.

Yes, indeedy!

I have no idea what kind of snake this is. I looked up some on the Internet but, so far, have had no luck identifying this one.

I decided I wanted a shot of the snake flicking its tongue out at me ... but if you try to snap a photo while the animal is doing so: Forget it. Much too quick. So I used the burst mode on my camera and caught a little tongue.

Soon enough, this snake had had quite enough of me and crawled off to the side of the road.