BTW, I've seen a six footer laying across the trail almost exactly where I took my profile picture. I'm not sure what it was, maybe a rat snake but possibly a water moccasin. I wasn't getting close enough to examine it, and I wouldn't have been sure anyway. Copperheads and rattlesnakes are more obvious.

About a month ago, I had to grab my boys before they stepped on one (different trail). Then we watched it slowly leave the trail and lazily slither up a tree like it didn't even care.