I've had 2 or 3 encounters with snakes while caching. All were getting away from as fast as I was them. I just make plenty of noise, use common sense...like don't stick my hand in a dark space, step up on a log and then down, versus stepping over it and just keep my eyes open. It hasn't kept me from caching but the thought of running into a snake is always in the back of my mind. But then after hearing about the bears being seeing around here in the past couple years....well, nevermind..... LuAnn/MamaLu --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.