I gotta start bringing a camera to work

[burmer]

I have been meaning to bring my camera to work. I have taken it a few times and haven't seen anything. Tuesday morning I was driving on my 4 wheeler and saw what looked like a snake from far away. As I got closer I noticed it was the biggest eastern diamond back I'd ever seen. He was stretched across a trail trying to warm up. I stayed about 5ft away from him until he noticed me. He just moved off a few feet into some high grass and we stared back and forth for a while. He had to be upwards of 6 ft and as thick a rattler as I've seen.

An hour later I was driving up to a small pond and there was a six foot gator on the bank sunning it self. I'll be bringing my camera for now on. Just thought I'd share.